Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman…

ngl the lieutenant sounded proper gutted at the window

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ngl, gut · To what, where: lieutenant, window

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 279 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street» 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	ngl	ngl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lieutenant	det
3	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gutted	nsubj:pass
4	sounded	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gutted	aux:pass
5	proper	properly	ADV	_	6 gutted	advmod
6	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 ngl	parataxis
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 window	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 window	det
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gutted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ngl	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	gut	past · passive		the lieutenant		the window		properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

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, he was buzzing about the rich lady's party and his new coat

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 buzzing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 buzzing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 buzzing	aux
5	buzzing	buzz	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	11 party	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lady	det
8	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lady	amod
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 party	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 lady	case
11	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buzzing	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 coat	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 coat	nmod:poss
14	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 coat	amod
15	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 party	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	past · progressive	he					about the rich lady's party and his new coat	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about party=Location

Option 2

yeah, sad about his job, no money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 sad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sad	punct
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 job	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 job	nmod:poss
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sad	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 money	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 money	det
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	job		his = he						nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

yeah, skint and lonely, always moaning about the rent and the boss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 skint	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 skint	punct
3	skint	skint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lonely	cc
5	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 skint	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 moaning	punct
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 moaning	advmod
8	moaning	moan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 skint	advcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 rent	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rent	det
11	rent	rent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moaning	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 boss	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 boss	det
14	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moan	gerund						about the rent and the boss; always property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about rent=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, skint and lonely, no cash, no mates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 skint	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 skint	punct
3	skint	skint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lonely	cc
5	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 skint	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cash	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 cash	det
8	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 skint	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mates	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 mates	det
11	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cash	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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