Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little…
so Klaus said he sold grandma, no way, is he joking?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Klaus · What happens: say, sell, joke · To what, where: grandma · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1729 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little Klaus sells the sexton and then his dead grandmother for money» 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 | _ | 3 said | advmod |
| 2 | Klaus | Klaus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sold | nsubj |
| 5 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 6 | grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sold | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 way | punct |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 way | det |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grandma | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 joking | punct |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 joking | aux |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 joking | nsubj |
| 13 | joking | joke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 sold | advcl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Klaus | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | sell | past | Klaus | grandma and no way | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandma=Theme | ||||
| 3 | joke speech: other | present · progressive | Klaus | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
nope, he's trolling Big Klaus, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 trolling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trolling | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trolling | aux |
| 5 | trolling | troll | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | Big | Big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Klaus | amod |
| 7 | Klaus | Klaus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 trolling | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 trolling | punct |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 trolling | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | troll | present · progressive | he | Big Klaus | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent klaus=Location |
Option 2
nope, he's trolling Big Klaus, lol, and it's hilarious
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 trolling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trolling | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trolling | aux |
| 5 | trolling | troll | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | Big | Big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Klaus | amod |
| 7 | Klaus | Klaus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 trolling | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 lol | punct |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 trolling | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 hilarious | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 hilarious | cc |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 hilarious | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 hilarious | cop |
| 14 | hilarious | hilarious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 trolling | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | troll | present · progressive | he | Big Klaus | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent klaus=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | hilarious property | tree rules |
Option 3
yeah, he really sold her, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 sold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sold | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 sold | advmod |
| 5 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sold | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sold | punct |
| 8 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 sold | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past | he | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4
nope, he's trolling Big Klaus with a fake grandma story, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 trolling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trolling | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trolling | aux |
| 5 | trolling | troll | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | Big | Big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Klaus | amod |
| 7 | Klaus | Klaus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 trolling | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 story | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 story | det |
| 10 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 story | amod |
| 11 | grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 story | compound |
| 12 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trolling | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 trolling | punct |
| 14 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 trolling | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | troll | present · progressive | he | Big Klaus | with a fake grandma story | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent klaus=Location |
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