Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza fl…

yo so wait, the swans are her bros right, like for real, why are they birds?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, swans · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: bros, birds

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1022 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza flies over the sea and waits on a tiny rock» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 wait	discourse
2	so	so	ADV	_	3 wait	advmod
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bros	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 swans	det
6	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bros	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 bros	cop
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bros	nmod:poss
9	bros	bro	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wait	obl
10	right	right	ADV	_	3 wait	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 real	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 real	case
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 real	case
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wait	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 birds	punct
16	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	19 birds	advmod
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 birds	cop
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 birds	nsubj
19	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 real	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		right property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	the swans	her bros		tree rules
3	is a	present	swans = swan	birds		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

they chose to be birds for fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chose	nsubj
2	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 birds	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 birds	cop
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chose	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 fun	case
7	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	they					for fun	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for fun=Beneficiary
2	is a	to-infinitive	they not said here	birds					tree rules

Option 2

they were born that way cause the forest is magic and the old lady made them birds

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 born	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 born	aux:pass
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cause	advcl
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 born	obl:unmarked
6	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forest	det
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 magic	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 magic	cop
10	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cause	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 made	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lady	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lady	amod
14	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	nsubj
15	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cause	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 made	obj
17	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		they	that way obl:unmarked	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	cause	present				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
3	is	present	the forest		magic property	tree rules
4	make	past	the old lady	them = they		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary bird=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

cause their stepmother cast a spell on them long ago that turned them into swans forever

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stepmother	compound
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 stepmother	nmod:poss
3	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cast	nsubj
4	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spell	det
6	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cast	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cast	obl
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 ago	advmod
10	ago	ago	ADV	_	12 turned	advmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 turned	nsubj
12	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cast	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 turned	obj
14	into	into	ADP	_	15 swans	case
15	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 turned	obl
16	forever	forever	ADV	_	12 turned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	cast	past	their cause stepmother	a spell		on them = they	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on they=Destination
3	turn	past	that	them = they	swans	ago, forever property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme into swan=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cause a spell turned them into swans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 spell	compound
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 spell	det
3	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	nsubj
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 turned	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 swans	case
7	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive							vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	turn	past	a cause spell	them = they		swans			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme into swan=Trajectory

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