Test 6 · ★ · Andersen, The Story of the Year, part 243: Summer rests in…

Ngl, what did the sparrows say about the stork that left?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl, sparrows, stork · What happens: do, say, leave · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1032 «Andersen, The Story of the Year, part 243: Summer rests in autumn and the old Winter waits for the stork» 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 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
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 sparrows	det
6	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 stork	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stork	det
10	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 left	nsubj
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stork	acl:relcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	Ngl		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the sparrows	about the stork	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	leave	past	the stork		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

"I wish him a pleasant journey"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wish	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 wish	nsubj
3	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wish	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 journey	det
6	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 journey	amod
7	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wish	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish in a quote	present	I	a pleasant journey	him = he				tree rules

Option 2

"Safe travels to him and his wife in the warm land"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 travels	punct
2	Safe	safe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travels	nsubj
3	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 travels	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wife	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wife	nmod:poss
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 him	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 land	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 land	det
11	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 land	amod
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travels	obl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 travels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel in a quote	present	Safe		him = he	the warm land			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to he=Destination

Option 3

"We will miss him all winter"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 miss	punct
2	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 miss	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 miss	aux
4	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 miss	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 winter	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 miss	obl:unmarked
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 miss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss in a quote	future	We	him = he			winter		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4

"We hope he finds the warm south a pleasant home"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 hope	punct
2	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 hope	nsubj
3	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 finds	nsubj
5	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hope	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 south	det
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 south	amod
8	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 home	det
10	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 home	amod
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 hope	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope in a quote	present	We						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	find in a quote	present	he	the warm south					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent south=Theme home=Attribute

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