Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells G…

how did gerda know it was kay, dead giveaway?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gerda · What happens: know, be · To what, where: kay

This is test 6 · ★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 know	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	gerda	gerda	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	nsubj
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kay	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 kay	cop
7	kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 know	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 giveaway	punct
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 giveaway	amod
10	giveaway	giveaway	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kay	appos
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past · do-support	gerda						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	gerda	kay					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

His boots were creaking loudly, and she'd heard those very same boots in grandma's room, so it had to be him

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 boots	nmod:poss
2	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 creaking	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 creaking	aux
4	creaking	creak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	4 creaking	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 heard	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 heard	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 heard	nsubj
9	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 heard	aux
10	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 creaking	parataxis
11	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	14 boots	det
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 same	advmod
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 boots	amod
14	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 heard	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 room	case
16	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 room	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 grandma	case
18	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 boots	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 had	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 had	advmod
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 had	nsubj
22	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 creaking	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	25 him	mark
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 him	cop
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 had	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	creak	past · progressive	His boots			loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hear	past · perfect	she	that same boots	grandma's room		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer boot=Stimulus
3	have	past	room				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is a	to-infinitive	room not said here	him = he			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His boots were creaking, and she'd heard them in grandma's room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 boots	nmod:poss
2	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 creaking	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 creaking	aux
4	creaking	creak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heard	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 heard	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 heard	nsubj
8	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 heard	aux
9	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 creaking	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 heard	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 room	case
12	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 room	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 grandma	case
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creak	past · progressive	His boots						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hear	past · perfect	she	boots = boot		grandma's room			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 3

She'd seen his boots creaking on the stairs at grandma's house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seen	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	aux
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 boots	nmod:poss
5	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seen	obj
6	creaking	creak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 seen	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 stairs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stairs	det
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 creaking	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 house	case
11	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 house	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 grandma	case
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 creaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · perfect	She	his boots					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boot=Stimulus
2	creak	gerund	She not said here			the stairs		at grandma's house	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stair=Location

Option 4

His boots were creaking, and she'd heard them in grandma's room, so it had to be him

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 boots	nmod:poss
2	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 creaking	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 creaking	aux
4	creaking	creak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heard	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 heard	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 heard	nsubj
8	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 heard	aux
9	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 creaking	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 heard	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 room	case
12	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 room	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 grandma	case
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 had	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 had	advmod
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 had	nsubj
18	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 creaking	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	21 him	mark
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 him	cop
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 had	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	creak	past · progressive	His boots			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hear	past · perfect	she	boots = boot	grandma's room	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
3	have	past	room			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is a	to-infinitive	room not said here	him = he		tree rules

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