Test 5 · ★ · Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose: the Nightingal…

Wot did the Tree shout at the Nightingale, like?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wot, Tree · What happens: do, shout · To what, where: Nightingale

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2034 «Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose: the Nightingale dies singing for a red rose, and the Student throws it away» 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	Wot	Wot	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Tree	det
4	Tree	Tree	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 shout	nsubj
5	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 Nightingale	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Nightingale	det
8	Nightingale	Nightingale	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 shout	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	5 shout	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Wot						tree rules
2	shout speech: express	present	the Tree			the Nightingale			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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

Stay on the bough and sing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 bough	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bough	det
4	bough	bough	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sing	cc
6	sing	sing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bough	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			the bough and sing			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bough=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Press your breast hard onto the sharp thorn of the rose and sing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Press	press	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 breast	nmod:poss
3	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Press	obj
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Press	advmod
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 thorn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thorn	det
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thorn	amod
8	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Press	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 rose	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rose	det
11	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thorn	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sing	cc
13	sing	sing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rose	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	imperative	you not said here	your breast		the sharp thorn of the rose and sing		hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breast=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Press closer to the thorn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Press	press	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Press	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 thorn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thorn	det
5	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Press	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	imperative	you not said here					to the thorn; close property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Press closer to the thorn and die for love

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Press	press	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Press	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 thorn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thorn	det
5	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Press	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 die	cc
7	die	die	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Press	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 love	case
9	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	imperative	you not said here					to the thorn; close property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	die	infinitive	you not said here					for love	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for love=Theme

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