Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gu…

Did the needle, like, get promoted?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, promote · To what, where: needle

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1749 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gutter, proud to the end» 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 needle	det
3	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 promoted	punct
5	like	like	INTJ	_	8 promoted	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 like	punct
7	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 promoted	aux:pass
8	promoted	promote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Did	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the needle					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Eventuality
2	promote	infinitive · passive							vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»

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, the glass got promoted to a fancy lady's brooch, and she's still stuck down in the gutter

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 promoted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 glass	det
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 promoted	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 promoted	aux:pass
6	promoted	promote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	12 brooch	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lady	det
9	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lady	amod
10	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brooch	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 lady	case
12	brooch	brooch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 promoted	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 stuck	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 stuck	cc
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 stuck	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 stuck	aux
17	still	still	ADV	_	18 stuck	advmod
18	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 promoted	conj
19	down	down	ADP	_	18 stuck	compound:prt
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 gutter	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 gutter	det
22	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promote	past · passive		the glass				to a fancy lady's brooch	vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	stick down	present · passive	she			the gutter	still		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in gutter=Destination

Option 2

Yeah, she got promoted up to the top of the box and she's now living there with the diamond and all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 promoted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 promoted	nsubj
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 promoted	aux:pass
5	promoted	promote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 promoted	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 top	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 top	det
9	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 promoted	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 box	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 box	det
12	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 top	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 living	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 living	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 living	aux
16	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 living	advmod
17	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 promoted	conj
18	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 living	advmod
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 diamond	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 diamond	det
21	diamond	diamond	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 living	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 all	cc
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 diamond	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promote up	past · passive		she				to the top of the box	vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	live	present · progressive	she			there	now	with the diamond	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with diamond=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, the glass got promoted, she's still stuck there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 promoted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 glass	det
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 promoted	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 promoted	aux:pass
6	promoted	promote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 stuck	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 promoted	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stuck	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stuck	cop
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 stuck	advmod
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 stuck	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promote	past · passive		the glass					vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	she			there	still	stuck property	tree rules

Option 4

Nah, the boys got promoted, she's still stuck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 promoted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boys	det
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 promoted	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 promoted	aux:pass
6	promoted	promote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 promoted	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stuck	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stuck	cop
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 stuck	advmod
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 promoted	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promote	past · passive		the boys					vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	she				still	stuck property	tree rules

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