Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs f…

wait, did the snowman actually get to the stove?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do, get · To what, where: snowman

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1620 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs for a warm stove, freezes, and melts in the spring thaw» 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	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 snowman	det
5	snowman	snowman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	3 did	advmod
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 stove	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stove	det
10	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	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	do	past	you not said here	the snowman	actually property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snowman=Eventuality
3	get	infinitive			to the stove result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to stove=Result

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, he reached the warm door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 reached	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reached	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reached	nsubj
4	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 door	amod
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	he	the warm door					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent door=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, the girl brought him inside and the stove went out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 brought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brought	nsubj
5	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brought	obj
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 brought	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stove	det
10	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brought	conj
12	out	out	ADV	_	11 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	the girl		him = he			inside property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
2	go out	past	the stove					out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah, he got right up to the stove before he melted away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	4 got	advmod
6	up	up	ADP	_	9 stove	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 stove	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stove	det
9	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 melted	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 melted	nsubj
12	melted	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	advcl
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 melted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he			the stove		right property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme up stove=Destination
2	melt away	past	he					away property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, the window was all iced up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 iced	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 window	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 iced	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 iced	aux:pass
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 iced	advmod
7	iced	ice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 iced	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ice up	past · passive		the window				all property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination

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