Test 6 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans…

wait, the Linnet told a story with a MORAL, that's so lame?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Linnet, that · What happens: wait, tell, be · To what, where: story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2038 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Linnet	det
4	Linnet	Linnet	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 story	det
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 MORAL	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 MORAL	det
10	MORAL	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 story	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lame	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 lame	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 lame	cop
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 lame	advmod
15	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 told	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	the Linnet	a story	with a MORAL	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient
3	is	present	that		lame property	tree rules

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 Water-rat loved it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 loved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rat	det
4	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 rat	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Water	punct
6	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loved	nsubj
7	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	the Water rat	it					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

yeah, and the Duck sang a song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sang	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sang	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sang	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Duck	det
5	Duck	Duck	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sang	nsubj
6	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 song	det
8	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the Duck	a song					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, and the Water-rat totally freaked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 rat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rat	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rat	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rat	det
5	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 rat	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Water	punct
7	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	totally	totally	ADV	_	9 freaked	advmod
9	freaked	freak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rat	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freak	participle		the Water rat not said here				totally property	tree rules

Option 4

yeah, it was lame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 lame	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lame	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lame	cop
5	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it					lame property	tree rules

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