Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin bo…
wait so the goblin stood outside the attic all night, was that sus or just sweet?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, goblin · What happens: wait, stand, be · To what, where: attic
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1614 «Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a tongue and saves a book from fire» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 stood | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 goblin | det |
| 4 | goblin | goblin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | nsubj |
| 5 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | advcl |
| 6 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 8 attic | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 attic | det |
| 8 | attic | attic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stood | obl |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 night | det |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 was | punct |
| 12 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 was | nsubj |
| 14 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 that | fixed |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 sweet | cc |
| 16 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 sweet | advmod |
| 17 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sus | conj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stand | past | the goblin | the attic | night | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent outside attic=Location | |||
| 3 | be | past | vn exist-47.1 «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
it was sweet, he just loved the music and stayed out there all night
The tree, 14 words
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 | 3 sweet | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sweet | cop |
| 3 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 loved | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 loved | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 loved | advmod |
| 7 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sweet | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 music | det |
| 9 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loved | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 stayed | cc |
| 11 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 loved | conj |
| 12 | out | out | ADV | _ | 11 stayed | advmod |
| 13 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 stayed | advmod |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 night | det |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stayed | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | sweet property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | love | past | he | the music | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | stay out | past | he not said here | there | night | out property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
it was sweet, he loved the music
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 | 3 sweet | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sweet | cop |
| 3 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 loved | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 loved | nsubj |
| 6 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sweet | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 music | det |
| 8 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 loved | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | sweet property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | love | past | he | the music | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus |
Option 3
it was sweet, he loved the music so much he stayed
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 | 3 sweet | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sweet | cop |
| 3 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 loved | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 loved | nsubj |
| 6 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sweet | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 music | det |
| 8 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 loved | obj |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 much | advmod |
| 10 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 loved | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stayed | nsubj |
| 12 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sweet | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | sweet property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | love | past | he | the music | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | stay | past | he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
he was just being nosy here
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 | 5 nosy | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 nosy | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 nosy | advmod |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 nosy | cop |
| 5 | nosy | nosy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 nosy | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | here | nosy property | tree rules |
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