Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a…

So what was that old man doing with the clay?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: old man · What happens: do

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1751 «Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a magic garden, sails a sea made from a shell, and becomes a new daughter» 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	_	7 doing	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 doing	obj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 doing	aux
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 doing	mark
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doing	nsubj
7	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 clay	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clay	det
10	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doing	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	old man					with the clay	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Just playing with clay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 playing	advmod
2	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 clay	case
4	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund						with clay	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with clay=Theme

Option 2

Painting a big picture of the lady and her house by the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Painting	paint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 picture	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 picture	amod
4	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Painting	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 lady	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lady	det
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picture	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 house	cc
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 house	nmod:poss
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lady	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Painting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	gerund		a big picture of the lady and her house				by the sea	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent picture=Theme by sea=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Making a massive doll, then shoving a snake inside it, bare weird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 weird	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 doll	det
3	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 doll	amod
4	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shoving	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 shoving	advmod
7	shoving	shove	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Making	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 snake	det
9	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shoving	obj
10	inside	inside	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shoving	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Making	punct
13	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 weird	amod
14	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		a massive doll					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset doll=Product
2	shove	gerund		a snake			then	inside snake	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent snake=Theme inside it=Destination

Option 4

Mixing up some mud for the garden walls, pretty normal stuff really

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mixing	mix	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Mixing	compound:prt
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 mud	det
4	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mixing	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 walls	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walls	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walls	compound
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Mixing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stuff	punct
10	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	11 normal	advmod
11	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stuff	amod
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walls	conj
13	really	really	ADV	_	1 Mixing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix up	gerund		some mud				for the garden walls and normal stuff	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent mud=Product for wall=Beneficiary

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