Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is ca…
Yo, did Kay really ride that white sledge for free, or what?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, ride · To what, where: Kay, white sledge
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 288 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda drifts away by river» 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 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Kay | Kay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 ride | advmod |
| 6 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | advcl |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 sledge | mark |
| 8 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sledge | amod |
| 9 | sledge | sledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ride | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 free | case |
| 11 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ride | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 what | punct |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 what | cc |
| 14 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | parataxis |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Kay | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kay=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | ride | present | white sledge | for free | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sledge=Theme |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, the snow lady was driving, and he got totally snowed in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 driving | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lady | det |
| 4 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lady | compound |
| 5 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 driving | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 driving | aux |
| 7 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 snowed | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 snowed | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 snowed | nsubj |
| 11 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 snowed | aux:pass |
| 12 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 13 snowed | advmod |
| 13 | snowed | snow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 driving | parataxis |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 snowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | past · progressive | the snow lady | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | snow in | past · passive | he | totally property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, the lady was driving him all the way out past the gates, bruv, he never even asked to stop
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 driving | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lady | det |
| 4 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 driving | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 driving | aux |
| 6 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 driving | obj |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 way | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 way | det |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 driving | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | out | out | ADV | _ | 10 way | advmod |
| 12 | past | past | ADP | _ | 14 gates | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 gates | det |
| 14 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 way | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bruv | punct |
| 16 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gates | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 driving | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 asked | nsubj |
| 19 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 21 asked | advmod |
| 20 | even | even | ADV | _ | 21 asked | advmod |
| 21 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 driving | parataxis |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 stop | mark |
| 23 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 asked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | past · progressive | the lady | him = he | all way past the gates and bruv obl:unmarked | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | not ask speech: ask | participle | he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | stop not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
Nah, the snow lady was driving, and he was totally snowed in and never got out again
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 driving | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lady | det |
| 4 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lady | compound |
| 5 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 driving | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 driving | aux |
| 7 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 snowed | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 snowed | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 snowed | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 snowed | aux:pass |
| 12 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 13 snowed | advmod |
| 13 | snowed | snow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 driving | parataxis |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 snowed | compound:prt |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 got | cc |
| 16 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 17 got | advmod |
| 17 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 snowed | conj |
| 18 | out | out | ADV | _ | 17 got | advmod |
| 19 | again | again | ADV | _ | 17 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | past · progressive | the snow lady | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | snow in | past · passive | he | totally property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not get out | past | again | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yeah, a lady drove, and he got properly stuck in snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 drove | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 drove | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lady | det |
| 4 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drove | nsubj |
| 5 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 got | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 drove | advcl |
| 10 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 11 stuck | advmod |
| 11 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 got | xcomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 snow | case |
| 13 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stuck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | past | a lady | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | get | past | he | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/288-pg1597-part15/t1/