Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is ca…

Were the two wooden soldiers actually alive?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: two wooden soldiers

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 soldiers	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 soldiers	det
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 soldiers	nummod
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 soldiers	amod
5	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 alive	advmod
7	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 soldiers	amod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 soldiers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the two wooden soldiers					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 · ✓ the right answer

No, they just stood there like statues

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 stood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stood	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stood	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 stood	advmod
5	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 stood	advmod
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 statues	case
8	statues	statue	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stood	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	they			there		like statues	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, they both waved at Gerda and whispered something to her as she walked past

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 waved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 waved	nsubj
4	both	both	ADV	_	5 waved	advmod
5	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 Gerda	case
7	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 waved	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 whispered	cc
9	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 waved	conj
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 whispered	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 whispered	obl
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 walked	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 walked	nsubj
15	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 whispered	advcl
16	past	past	ADV	_	15 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	wave	past	they			Gerda	both property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gerda=Location
2	whisper speech: assert	past	they not said here	something	Gerda			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Topic to she=Recipient
3	walk	past	Gerda				past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, they moved their heads and lifted their rifles when Gerda passed them by

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 moved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 moved	nsubj
4	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heads	nmod:poss
6	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moved	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lifted	cc
8	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	conj
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 rifles	nmod:poss
10	rifles	rifle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lifted	obj
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 passed	advmod
12	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 passed	nsubj
13	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lifted	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 passed	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	13 passed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	move	past	they	their heads	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	lift	past	they not said here	heads's rifles	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rifle=Theme
3	pass	past	Gerda	rifles = rifle	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory

Option 4

Yes, they blinked at her slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 blinked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blinked	nsubj
4	blinked	blink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blinked	obl
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 blinked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blink	past	they					at her = she; slowly property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at she=Location

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