Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a…

the field mouse was kinda cute ngl, she let her stay

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: field mouse, mouse, her · What happens: be, let, stay · To what, where: cute ngl, her

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1741 «Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a frozen swallow and nurses him back to life» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mouse	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mouse	compound
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ngl	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ngl	cop
5	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	7 ngl	advmod
6	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ngl	amod
7	ngl	ngl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 let	nsubj
10	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ngl	acl:relcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 let	obj
12	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the field mouse	cute ngl	kinda property	tree rules
2	let	past	mouse	her = she		tree rules
3	stay	infinitive	her = she not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

true, she's a sweet old thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 true	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thing	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thing	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thing	det
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	she	a true sweet old thing					tree rules

Option 2

nah, she's a mean old thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 thing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thing	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thing	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thing	det
6	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	she	a mean old thing					tree rules

Option 3

true, she's a rude old bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bird	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bird	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bird	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bird	det
6	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	she	a true rude old bird					tree rules

Option 4

true, she's a sweet old thing who let her stay in the house

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thing	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thing	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thing	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thing	det
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 let	nsubj
10	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 thing	acl:relcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 let	obj
12	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 house	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	she	a true sweet old thing		tree rules
2	let	past	a true sweet old thing	her = she		tree rules
3	stay	infinitive	her = she not said here		the house	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

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