Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs f…

so the dog reckons the snowman had a bad illness, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, snowman · What happens: reckon, have · To what, where: bad illness

This is test 8 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 reckons	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reckons	nsubj
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 snowman	det
6	snowman	snowman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reckons	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 illness	det
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 illness	amod
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reckons	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 reckons	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	the dog						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	past	the snowman	a bad illness					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he said it was a bad one for snowmen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 one	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 one	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 snowmen	case
11	snowmen	snowman	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	a bad one				for snowmen	tree rules

Option 2

yeah, he reckons it's a cold snap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 reckons	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reckons	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reckons	nsubj
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 snap	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 snap	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 snap	det
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 snap	amod
9	snap	snap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reckons	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	he						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	a cold snap					tree rules

Option 3

nah, he said he had a fever at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fever	det
8	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 dawn	case
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	he	a fever			dawn		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Patient

Option 4

yeah, he said it was a bad illness that only snowmen get in the thaw

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 illness	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 illness	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 illness	det
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 illness	amod
9	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 get	obj
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 snowmen	advmod
12	snowmen	snowman	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 get	nsubj
13	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 illness	acl:relcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 thaw	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 thaw	det
16	thaw	thaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	a bad illness		tree rules
3	get	present	snowmen	a bad illness	the thaw	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus

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