Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, part 71…

So the rat wanted a passport, like proper border control?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rat · What happens: want · To what, where: passport

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1747 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, part 71: the soldier falls out of the window, sails in a paper boat, is swallowed by a fish, and melts in the stove» 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	_	4 wanted	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rat	det
3	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 passport	det
6	passport	passport	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 control	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 control	case
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 control	amod
10	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 control	compound
11	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the rat	a passport				like proper border control	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot passport=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

Yeah, the rat was dead fussy about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 fussy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fussy	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rat	det
4	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fussy	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fussy	cop
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fussy	amod
7	fussy	fussy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fussy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the rat					about it; fussy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the rat was well strict and demanded to see the soldier's papers before he could cross the water

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 strict	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rat	det
4	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strict	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 strict	cop
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 strict	advmod
7	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 demanded	cc
9	demanded	demand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 strict	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 demanded	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 soldier	det
13	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 papers	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 soldier	case
15	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 see	obj
16	before	before	SCONJ	_	19 cross	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 cross	nsubj
18	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 cross	aux
19	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 see	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 water	det
21	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cross	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the rat		strict, well property	tree rules
2	demand speech: request	participle	the rat not said here			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
3	see	to-infinitive	the rat not said here	the soldier's papers		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer paper=Stimulus
4	cross	could	he	the water		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the rat was well strict about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 strict	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rat	det
4	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strict	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 strict	cop
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 strict	advmod
7	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 strict	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the rat					about it; strict, well property	tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, the rat was proper strict about the paperwork and wouldn't let him past without his stamp at the bridge

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 strict	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rat	det
4	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strict	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 strict	cop
6	proper	properly	ADV	_	7 strict	advmod
7	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 paperwork	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 paperwork	det
10	paperwork	paperwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strict	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 let	cc
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 let	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 let	advmod
14	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 strict	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 let	obj
16	past	past	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 let	xcomp
17	without	without	ADP	_	19 stamp	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 stamp	nmod:poss
19	stamp	stamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 past	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 bridge	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bridge	det
22	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 stamp	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the rat		about the paperwork; properly, strict property	tree rules
2	not let	would	the rat not said here	him = he		tree rules
3	past	infinitive	him = he not said here		without his stamp at the bridge	tree rules

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