Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born…

Oi, did the merchant's lad's trunk get toasted or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Oi · What happens: do, toast · To what, where: trunk

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1619 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born and learns about the sun, the moon and the weather» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 merchant	det
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lad	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 merchant	case
7	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trunk	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 lad	case
9	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 toasted	nsubj:pass
10	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 toasted	aux:pass
11	toasted	toast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 did	ccomp
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 what	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 toasted	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Oi						tree rules
2	toast	present · passive		the merchant's lad's trunk					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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

Yeah, a spark from the fireworks set it alight right in the middle of the street party, mate

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 set	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 set	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spark	det
4	spark	spark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 set	nsubj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 fireworks	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fireworks	det
7	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spark	nmod
8	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 set	obj
10	alight	alight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 set	xcomp
11	right	right	ADV	_	14 middle	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 middle	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 middle	det
14	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 set	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 party	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 party	det
17	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 party	compound
18	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 middle	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 mate	punct
20	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 middle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	a spark from the fireworks	it		the middle of the street party and mate		alight property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in middle=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, a spark from the fireworks set it alight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 set	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 set	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spark	det
4	spark	spark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 set	nsubj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 fireworks	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fireworks	det
7	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spark	nmod
8	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 set	obj
10	alight	alight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 set	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	a spark from the fireworks	it				alight property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result

Option 3

Yeah, a rocket hit it while the crowd cheered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hit	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rocket	det
4	rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	nsubj
5	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hit	obj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 cheered	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crowd	det
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cheered	nsubj
10	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	a rocket	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	cheer	past	the crowd						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Nah, mate, it was some lad with a lit cigar who dropped it on the lid when nobody was looking

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 lad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nah	vocative
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lad	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lad	cop
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 lad	det
8	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 cigar	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cigar	det
11	lit	lit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cigar	amod
12	cigar	cigar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lad	nmod
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 dropped	nsubj
14	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 cigar	acl:relcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dropped	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 lid	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lid	det
18	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dropped	obl
19	when	when	SCONJ	_	22 looking	mark
20	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	22 looking	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 looking	aux
22	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 lad	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	mate	some lad		with a lit cigar	tree rules
2	drop	past	a lit cigar	mate	the lid		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on lid=Destination
3	look	past · progressive	nobody				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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