Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239…

why did the admiral act all keen on the horses?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: admiral · What happens: do, act

This is test 7 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 admiral	det
4	admiral	admiral	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 act	nsubj
5	act	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 keen	advmod
7	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 act	xcomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 horses	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 horses	det
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keen	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							tree rules
2	act	present	the admiral					keen property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

he needed the horses for the king and wanted a deal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 needed	nsubj
2	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horses	det
4	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 needed	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 needed	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 deal	det
11	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	he	the horses				for the king	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot horse=Theme
2	want	past	he not said here	a deal					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot deal=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he wanted to hint for the horses, trying to get a deal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hint	mark
4	hint	hint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 horses	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horses	det
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hint	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 trying	punct
9	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wanted	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 trying	xcomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 deal	det
13	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hint speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		for the horses	vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	try	gerund	he not said here			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	a deal		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus

Option 3

he wanted a free ride home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ride	det
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ride	amod
5	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	a free ride				home property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ride=Theme

Option 4

he wanted to hint for the horses, trying to get a deal, since he had no gold left at home

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hint	mark
4	hint	hint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 horses	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horses	det
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hint	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 trying	punct
9	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wanted	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 trying	xcomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 deal	det
13	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 had	punct
15	since	since	SCONJ	_	17 had	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 had	nsubj
17	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 gold	det
19	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 had	obj
20	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 gold	acl
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 home	case
22	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	he				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hint speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			for the horses	vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	try	gerund	he not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	a deal			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus
5	have	past	he	no gold			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient
6	leave	participle		no gold not said here	home		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location

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