Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 14: Kay is ca…
Kay was proper mardy, innit? Why'd he rip the roses up?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kay · What happens: be, innit, rip up · To what, where: roses
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1625 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 14: Kay is carried off by the Snow-queen, and Gerda finds the witch's garden» 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
Sentence 1: Kay was proper mardy, innit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kay | Kay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mardy | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 mardy | cop |
| 3 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 4 mardy | advmod |
| 4 | mardy | mardy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 innit | punct |
| 6 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 mardy | discourse |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mardy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Kay | mardy, properly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: Why'd he rip the roses up?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 rip | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 rip | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rip | nsubj |
| 4 | rip | rip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 roses | det |
| 6 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rip | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 rip | compound:prt |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 rip | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rip up | would | Kay | the roses | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Cos he reckoned they were minging
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 minging | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reckoned | nsubj |
| 3 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Cos | acl:relcl |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 minging | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 minging | aux |
| 6 | minging | ming | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | Cos | Cos not said here | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent cos=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | ming | past · progressive | Cos | tree rules |
Option 2
Cos his nan said he could do what he wanted with the garden lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 said | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 nan | nmod:poss |
| 3 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | advcl |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 do | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 wanted | obj |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 wanted | nsubj |
| 10 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | ccomp |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 lot | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lot | det |
| 13 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 lot | compound |
| 14 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wanted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | his nan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | do | could | nan | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | want | past | nan | with the garden lot | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
Option 3
Cos he thought they were rubbish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 thought | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rubbish | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 rubbish | cop |
| 6 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | he | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | they | rubbish | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Cos he reckoned they were minging and wanted them gone from the garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reckoned | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reckoned | nsubj |
| 3 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 minging | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 minging | aux |
| 6 | minging | ming | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 reckoned | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wanted | cc |
| 8 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 reckoned | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 wanted | obj |
| 10 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 wanted | xcomp |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 garden | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 garden | det |
| 13 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | Cos | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ming | past · progressive | they | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | want | past | Cos not said here | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go not said to happen | participle | them = they not said here | the garden | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from garden=Initial_Location |
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