Test 13 · ★ · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…

wait what does "a man is a man" even mean in this part

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, man · What happens: wait, be, mean · To what, where: man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 mean	obj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 mean	aux
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 man	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 man	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 man	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	ccomp
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 man	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 mean	advmod
12	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 part	case
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 part	det
15	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	a man	a man		tree rules
3	mean	present · do-support	you not said here		in this part	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme in part=Attribute

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

it's probably a saying the sailors used on board

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	5 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	5 saying	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 saying	det
5	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sailors	det
7	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 used	nsubj
8	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	ccomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 board	case
10	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	it					probably property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	use	past	the sailors			board			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

idk its like a tiny chant or song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	idk	idk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	1 idk	obj
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 chant	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chant	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chant	amod
6	chant	chant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 idk	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 song	cc
8	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chant	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	idk	imperative	you not said here	its = it				like a tiny chant or song	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

idk its a sound thing like ditsch ratsch, I think the book means it as a nonsense rhyme for the boats

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	idk	idk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 thing	nmod:poss
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	compound
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 idk	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 ratsch	case
7	ditsch	ditsch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ratsch	compound
8	ratsch	ratsch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 think	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 think	nsubj
11	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 idk	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 book	det
13	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 means	nsubj
14	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 think	ccomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 means	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	19 rhyme	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 rhyme	det
18	nonsense	nonsense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 rhyme	amod
19	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 means	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 boats	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 boats	det
22	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 rhyme	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	idk	imperative	you not said here	its sound thing	like ditsch ratsch	tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	I			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	mean	present	the book	thing	as a nonsense rhyme for the boats	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Topic as rhyme=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

idk its a sound thing like ditsch ratsch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	idk	idk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 thing	nmod:poss
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	compound
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 idk	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 ratsch	case
7	ditsch	ditsch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ratsch	compound
8	ratsch	ratsch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 idk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	idk	imperative	you not said here	its sound thing				like ditsch ratsch	tree rules

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