Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier…
Was the Irishman well happy at the wedding?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Irishman · What happens: be · To what, where: wedding
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1737 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier gets rich from three dogs and a witch's trick» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 happy | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Irishman | det |
| 3 | Irishman | Irishman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 happy | nsubj |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 happy | advmod |
| 5 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 wedding | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wedding | det |
| 8 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happy | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Irishman | the wedding | happy, well property | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he was miserable because the Princess was grumpy, mate, and it ended early
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 miserable | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 miserable | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 miserable | cop |
| 5 | miserable | miserable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 grumpy | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Princess | det |
| 8 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 grumpy | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 grumpy | cop |
| 10 | grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 miserable | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 grumpy | vocative |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 ended | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 ended | cc |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 ended | nsubj |
| 16 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 miserable | parataxis |
| 17 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 ended | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | miserable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the Princess | mate vocative; grumpy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | end | past | mate | early property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
Yeah, it lasted a whole year and a day, with a massive feast, bruv!
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 lasted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lasted | nsubj |
| 4 | lasted | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 year | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 year | amod |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lasted | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 day | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 year | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 feast | punct |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 feast | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 feast | det |
| 14 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 feast | amod |
| 15 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lasted | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bruv | punct |
| 17 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 feast | conj |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 lasted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | past | it | year | with a massive feast and bruv | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, it lasted a year and a day!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 lasted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lasted | nsubj |
| 4 | lasted | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 year | det |
| 6 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lasted | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 day | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lasted | conj |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 lasted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | past | it | year | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nah, it was a bit rubbish, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 rubbish | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 rubbish | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 rubbish | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rubbish | det |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rubbish | compound |
| 7 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rubbish | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a bit rubbish | mate vocative | tree rules |
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