Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come…

Dude, what did the old councillor reckon about the Leap-frog?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: reckon

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 294 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come home, then a jumping contest begins» 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reckon	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 reckon	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 reckon	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reckon	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 councillor	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 councillor	amod
7	councillor	councillor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reckon	nsubj
8	reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	13 frog	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 frog	det
11	Leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 frog	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Leap	punct
13	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reckon	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past · do-support	Dude					about the Leap frog	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute

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

He was a prophet who could foresee the winter, the snow, and the coming of the Snow Queen

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prophet	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophet	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 prophet	det
4	prophet	prophet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 foresee	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 foresee	aux
7	foresee	foresee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 prophet	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 winter	det
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 foresee	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 snow	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 snow	det
12	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prophet	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 coming	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 coming	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 coming	det
16	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prophet	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 Queen	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Queen	det
19	Snow	Snow	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Queen	compound
20	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a prophet and the snow			tree rules
2	foresee	could	a prophet and the snow		winter		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	come	gerund	He not said here			of the Snow Queen	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of queen=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was a prophet who knew the winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prophet	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophet	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 prophet	det
4	prophet	prophet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 knew	nsubj
6	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophet	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 winter	det
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a prophet					tree rules
2	know	past	a prophet				winter		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

He was a wise man of the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 man	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 court	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 court	det
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a wise man				of the court	tree rules

Option 4

He was a prophet who knew the winter was coming and would last a long time

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prophet	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophet	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 prophet	det
4	prophet	prophet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coming	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 knew	nsubj
6	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophet	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 winter	det
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knew	obj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 coming	aux
10	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 last	cc
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 last	aux
13	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 coming	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 time	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 time	amod
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 last	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a prophet		tree rules
2	know	past	a prophet		winter	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	come	past · progressive	a prophet			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	last	would	a prophet not said here		time	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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