Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gu…

Oi, the glass got washed off, didn't it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: glass · What happens: wash off, not do · To what, where: Oi

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 washed	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 glass	det
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 washed	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 washed	aux:pass
6	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 washed	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 washed	conj
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 did	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 did	nsubj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 washed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash off	past · passive		Oi					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	not do	past	glass						vn act-114-1 «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

Nah, the boys came along with rags and cleaned the whole gutter out with soap and water

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 boys	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boys	det
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	along	along	ADV	_	5 came	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 rags	case
8	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 came	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cleaned	cc
10	cleaned	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gutter	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 gutter	amod
13	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cleaned	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	10 cleaned	compound:prt
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 soap	case
16	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cleaned	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 water	cc
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 soap	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come along	past	the boys					with rags; along property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	clean out	past	the boys not said here	the whole gutter				with soap and water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gutter=Patient with soap=Instrument

Option 2

Yeah, the rain came down and the water just swept it right off the edge into the drain below

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rain	det
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 came	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 swept	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swept	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 swept	advmod
11	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 swept	obj
13	right	right	ADV	_	11 swept	advmod
14	off	off	ADP	_	16 edge	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 edge	det
16	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swept	obl
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 drain	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 drain	det
19	drain	drain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swept	obl
20	below	below	ADV	_	19 drain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come down	past	the rain					down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sweep	past	the water	rain		the drain		off the edge; right property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme off edge=Initial_Location into drain=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the wind just blew it away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 blew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 blew	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blew	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 blew	advmod
6	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 blew	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 blew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow away	past	the wind	it				away property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the water just swept it off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 swept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 swept	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swept	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 swept	advmod
6	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 swept	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 swept	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep off	past	the water	it					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory

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