Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells G…
so kay just strolled in like he owned the place?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: stroll in, own · To what, where: kay, place
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 strolled | advmod |
| 2 | kay | kay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 strolled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 strolled | advmod |
| 4 | strolled | stroll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 strolled | compound:prt |
| 6 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 8 owned | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 owned | nsubj |
| 8 | owned | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 strolled | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 place | det |
| 10 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 owned | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 strolled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stroll in | participle · passive | kay | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | |||||
| 2 | own | past | he | the place | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot place=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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he nodded to the servants and wasn't nervous, just cool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 nodded | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 nodded | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 nodded | nsubj |
| 4 | nodded | nod | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 servants | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 servants | det |
| 7 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nodded | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 nervous | cc |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 nervous | cop |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 nervous | advmod |
| 11 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 nodded | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cool | punct |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 cool | advmod |
| 14 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 nervous | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nod | past | he | the servants | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to servant=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | not is | past | he not said here | nervous property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | he not said here | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he gave the lackeys a nod, and he weren't scared one bit
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lackeys | det |
| 6 | lackeys | lackey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 nod | det |
| 8 | nod | nod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 scared | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 scared | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 scared | nsubj |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 scared | cop |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 scared | advmod |
| 14 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gave | conj |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 bit | nummod |
| 16 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 scared | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | the lackeys | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lackey=Recipient nod=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is | past | he | one bit obl:unmarked; scared property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, he waved at the footmen and strolled right past them, dead chill
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 waved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 waved | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 waved | nsubj |
| 4 | waved | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 footmen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 footmen | det |
| 7 | footmen | footman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 waved | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 strolled | cc |
| 9 | strolled | stroll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 waved | conj |
| 10 | right | right | ADV | _ | 12 them | advmod |
| 11 | past | past | ADP | _ | 12 them | case |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 strolled | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 chill | punct |
| 14 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 chill | amod |
| 15 | chill | chill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | past | he | dead chill | the footmen | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at footman=Location | |||
| 2 | stroll | participle | he not said here | past footmen = footman | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory |
Option 4
Yeah, he just walked in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 walked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 walked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 walked | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 walked | advmod |
| 5 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADV | _ | 5 walked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk in | past | he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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