Test 2 · ★ · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks…

how'd the dude feel about his own time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dude · What happens: feel

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1019 «Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks a wise woman for help, and a cruel prince wins riches by destroying other lands» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 feel	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 feel	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dude	det
4	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	nsubj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 time	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 time	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	infinitive	the dude				time		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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

like the good stuff was all taken already by others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 taken	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stuff	det
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stuff	amod
4	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taken	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taken	aux:pass
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 taken	advmod
7	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	already	already	ADV	_	7 taken	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 others	case
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive	others	the good stuff				all property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

like every story was already told by old poets, so nothing new was left at all for him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	like	like	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 told	aux:pass
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 told	advmod
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 poets	case
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 poets	amod
9	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 told	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 left	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 left	advmod
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 left	nsubj:pass
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nothing	amod
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 left	aux:pass
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 told	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 left	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive	old poets					like every story	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	leave	past · passive		nothing		all		for him = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at all=Location

Option 3

totally fine, he loved the vibe of his era

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	totally	totally	ADV	_	2 fine	advmod
2	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 loved	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 loved	nsubj
5	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fine	parataxis
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vibe	det
7	vibe	vibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loved	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 era	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 era	nmod:poss
10	era	era	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vibe	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	he	the vibe of his era					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vibe=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

like everything was already written, so nothing new was left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	like	like	SCONJ	_	5 written	mark
2	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 written	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 written	aux:pass
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 written	advmod
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 left	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 left	advmod
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 left	nsubj:pass
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nothing	amod
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 left	aux:pass
11	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 written	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past · passive		everything					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	leave	past · passive		nothing					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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