Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza fl…

ngl the fairy says water has no soul, so why compare it to Eliza?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, fairy, water · What happens: ngl, say, have, compare · To what, where: soul, Eliza · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fairy	det
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 ngl	parataxis
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 soul	det
8	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 compare	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 compare	advmod
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 compare	advmod
12	compare	compare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 ngl	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 compare	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 Eliza	case
15	Eliza	Eliza	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 compare	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	ngl	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the fairy			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	present	water	no soul		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient
4	compare	infinitive		soul	Eliza	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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

water makes stones smooth but feels joy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 feels	cc
6	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	conj
7	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feels	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	water	stones				smooth property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stone=Product
2	feel	present	water not said here	joy					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme

Option 2

water carves rock but has no sadness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carves	nsubj
2	carves	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carves	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 has	cc
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 carves	conj
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 sadness	det
7	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	present	water	rock					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme
2	have	present	water not said here	no sadness					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sadness=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

water polishes stones and wears them down, so Eliza should be as strong as the water

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 polishes	nsubj
2	polishes	polish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 polishes	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wears	cc
5	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 polishes	conj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wears	obj
7	down	down	ADP	_	5 wears	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 strong	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	14 strong	advmod
10	Eliza	Eliza	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 strong	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 strong	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 strong	cop
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 strong	advmod
14	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 polishes	parataxis
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 water	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 water	det
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 strong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	polish	present	water	stones		vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Destination
2	wear down	present	water not said here	stones = stone		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source
3	is	should	Eliza		as the water; strong property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

water polishes stones but can't feel pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 polishes	nsubj
2	polishes	polish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 polishes	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 feel	cc
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 feel	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 feel	advmod
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 polishes	conj
8	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	polish	present	water	stones					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Destination
2	not feel	can	water not said here	pain					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme

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