Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under…

Wait, so the willow is basically Knud's dad, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, willow · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: dad

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1018 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under the willow and is found frozen to death» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dad	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	10 dad	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 willow	det
5	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dad	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dad	cop
7	basically	basically	ADV	_	10 dad	advmod
8	Knud	Knud	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 dad	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Knud	case
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	the willow	Knud's dad				basically property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

In the dream it speaks and acts like a big old man who carries Knud on its back

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 dream	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dream	det
3	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speaks	obl
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 speaks	nsubj
5	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 acts	cc
7	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 speaks	conj
8	like	like	ADP	_	12 man	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 man	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acts	obl
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 carries	nsubj
14	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 man	acl:relcl
15	Knud	Knud	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 carries	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 back	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 back	nmod:poss
18	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 carries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	dream		the dream		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	act	present	dream not said here			like a big old man	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like man=Attribute
3	carry	present	a big old man	Knud	dream's back		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knud=Theme

Option 2

It talks like a wise old man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talks	nsubj
2	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	7 man	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
5	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	It					like a wise old man	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

No, in the dream it is a big old man who carries Knud along the road to Kjoge

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 man	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 man	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 dream	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dream	det
5	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 man	obl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 man	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 man	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 man	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 carries	nsubj
13	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 man	acl:relcl
14	Knud	Knud	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 carries	obj
15	along	along	ADP	_	17 road	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 road	det
17	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carries	obl
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 Kjoge	case
19	Kjoge	Kjoge	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 carries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	dream	a big old man		the dream			tree rules
2	carry	present	a big old man	Knud	Kjoge			along the road	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent knud=Theme to kjoge=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

In the dream it acts like a big old man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 dream	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dream	det
3	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acts	obl
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 acts	nsubj
5	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	10 man	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 man	det
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	present	dream			the dream		like a big old man	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like man=Attribute

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