Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea…
yo, why did the robbers come running out screaming for gold?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: robbers · What happens: come, run out, scream
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1627 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda leaves the robbers and rides a reindeer north» 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 7 come | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 come | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 come | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 robbers | det |
| 6 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 come | nsubj |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 come | xcomp |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 running | compound:prt |
| 10 | screaming | scream | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 running | advcl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 gold | case |
| 12 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 screaming | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · do-support | the robbers | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | run out | gerund | the robbers not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | scream speech: express | gerund | the robbers not said here | for gold | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for gold=Recipient |
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
Cos they saw the golden coach glowing bright
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | co | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 coach | det |
| 5 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 coach | amod |
| 6 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 7 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 coach | acl |
| 8 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 glowing | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Cos | the golden coach | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coach=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | glow | gerund | the golden coach not said here | bright property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Cos they wanted gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | co | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Cos | gold | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme |
Option 3
Cos it was gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 gold | case |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gold | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gold | cop |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | cos gold | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Cos they saw the coach shining like a torch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | co | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 coach | det |
| 5 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 6 | shining | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 coach | acl |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 torch | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 torch | det |
| 9 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shining | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Cos | the coach | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coach=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | shine | gerund | the coach not said here | like a torch | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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