Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 1: the Wind…

Ngl, what does the woman's toe thing mean, like?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1027 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 1: the Wind tells of the Borreby house and its wild May feast» 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	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 mean	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woman	det
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 woman	case
8	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	compound
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
10	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mean	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	10 mean	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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

She says she feels the weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feels	nsubj
4	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 weather	det
6	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feels	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feel	present	she	the weather					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weather=Theme

Option 2

She jokes that her toe can feel every storm coming before it arrives on the coast

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jokes	nsubj
2	jokes	joke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 feel	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 toe	nmod:poss
5	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 feel	aux
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 jokes	ccomp
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 storm	det
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	obj
10	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 storm	acl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 arrives	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 arrives	nsubj
13	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 feel	advcl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 coast	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 coast	det
16	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arrives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	joke speech: other	present	She			tree rules
2	feel	can	her toe	every storm		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme
3	come	gerund	every storm not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	arrive	present	toe		the coast	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She jokes she can feel the storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jokes	nsubj
2	jokes	joke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 feel	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 jokes	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 storm	det
7	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	joke speech: other	present	She						tree rules
2	feel	can	she	the storm					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It means she has a weird ghost inside her toe that talks to the wind all day long

The tree, 18 words

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ghost	det
6	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ghost	amod
7	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	10 toe	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 toe	nmod:poss
10	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ghost	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 talks	nsubj
12	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 toe	acl:relcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 wind	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wind	det
15	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 talks	obl
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 day	det
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 talks	obl:unmarked
18	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 talks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	she	a weird ghost	her toe			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ghost=Patient
3	talk	present	her toe			day	to the wind; long property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to wind=Co-Agent

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