Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Cou…

Gutted for the watchman? What did he wish for, then?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: gut, wish

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» 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

Sentence 1: Gutted for the watchman?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 watchman	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 watchman	det
4	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gutted	obl
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle						for the watchman	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: 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.

Sentence 2: What did he wish for, then?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 wish	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wish	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wish	nsubj
4	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	4 wish	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wish	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 wish	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past · do-support	he				then		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1

To swap places with the lieutenant, cos he reckons the lieutenant's got it made up here

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 swap	mark
2	swap	swap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 reckons	advcl
3	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swap	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 lieutenant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lieutenant	det
6	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swap	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reckons	punct
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	10 reckons	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 reckons	nsubj
10	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 got	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lieutenant	det
12	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 got	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 got	aux
14	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 made	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 made	nsubj
16	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 made	compound:prt
18	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	swap	to-infinitive	he not said here	places		with the lieutenant	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent place=Theme with lieutenant=Co-Agent
2	reckon	present	he				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	get	present · passive	the lieutenant				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	make up	past	lieutenant		here		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To swap places with the lieutenant and live in his warm room with the rich wine and the fire

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 swap	mark
2	swap	swap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swap	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 lieutenant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lieutenant	det
6	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swap	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 live	cc
8	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 swap	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 room	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 room	nmod:poss
11	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 room	amod
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 live	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 wine	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wine	det
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wine	amod
16	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 room	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 fire	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fire	det
19	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	to-infinitive		places				with the lieutenant	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent place=Theme with lieutenant=Co-Agent
2	live	present				his warm room with the rich wine and the fire			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location

Option 3

To trade jobs with the lieutenant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 trade	mark
2	trade	trade	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trade	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 lieutenant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lieutenant	det
6	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trade	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trade	to-infinitive		jobs				with the lieutenant	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent job=Theme with lieutenant=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To swap places with the lieutenant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 swap	mark
2	swap	swap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swap	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 lieutenant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lieutenant	det
6	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swap	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	to-infinitive		places				with the lieutenant	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent place=Theme with lieutenant=Co-Agent

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