Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter…

Mid, how did the people act when the old year ended?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mid, people · What happens: do, act, end

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1031 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter and the two children of Spring» 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	Mid	Mid	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 people	det
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 act	nsubj
7	act	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 ended	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 year	amod
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ended	obl:unmarked
12	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 act	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	do	past	Mid		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	act	present	the people		vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	end	participle	the people not said here	year	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

They lit fires in the public square

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 lit	nsubj
2	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lit	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 square	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 square	det
6	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 square	amod
7	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	They	fires		the public square			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product

Option 2

They gathered in the square to pray for the new year and the harvest

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 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 square	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 square	det
5	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gathered	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pray	mark
7	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 gathered	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 year	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 year	amod
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pray	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 harvest	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 harvest	det
14	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 year	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	They			the square			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pray	to-infinitive	They not said here				year		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

They rang bells and cheered all night

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 rang	nsubj
2	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rang	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cheered	cc
5	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rang	conj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cheered	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	They	bells					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme
2	cheer	past	They not said here				night		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They fired guns and threw things at doors

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 fired	nsubj
2	fired	fire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fired	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 threw	cc
5	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fired	conj
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 threw	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 doors	case
8	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fire	past	They	guns					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Theme
2	throw	past	They not said here	things		doors			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at door=Destination

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