Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239…

so the ship was just a lump of wood in the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ship · What happens: be · To what, where: lump, end

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» 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	so	so	ADV	_	7 lump	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ship	det
3	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lump	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lump	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 lump	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lump	det
7	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 wood	case
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lump	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lump	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 lump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the ship	a lump			in the end	of wood	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

yeah, a boat that never sailed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 boat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 boat	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boat	det
4	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sailed	obj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 sailed	advmod
7	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 boat	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sail	past		a boat					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme that=Trajectory

Option 2

yeah, a Noah's ark that never got to the water and just sat there under the boards

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 ark	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 Noah	det
4	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ark	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Noah	case
6	ark	ark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 got	obl
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 got	advmod
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ark	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sat	cc
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 sat	advmod
15	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 got	conj
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sat	advmod
17	under	under	ADP	_	19 boards	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 boards	det
19	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	past		a Noah's ark				to the water result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to water=Result
2	sit	past				the boards; there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under board=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, a Noah's ark that never got to the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 ark	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 Noah	det
4	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ark	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Noah	case
6	ark	ark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 got	obl
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 got	advmod
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ark	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	past		a Noah's ark				to the water result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to water=Result

Option 4

yeah, a big raft that sank in the storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 raft	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 raft	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 raft	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 raft	amod
5	raft	raft	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sank	nsubj
7	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 raft	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 storm	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 storm	det
10	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	a big raft			the storm			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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