Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come…
Cuz, why was the King happy with the Leap-frog?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cuz · What happens: be
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Cuz | Cuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cuz | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 happy | advmod |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 happy | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 happy | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 happy | nsubj |
| 7 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 frog | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 frog | det |
| 10 | Leap | leap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 frog | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 Leap | punct |
| 12 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 happy | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 happy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Cuz | with the Leap frog; happy property | 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 · ✓ the right answer
He showed understanding by jumping to the Princess
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 | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | understanding | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 showed | xcomp |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 5 jumping | mark |
| 5 | jumping | jump | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 understanding | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Princess | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Princess | det |
| 8 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jumping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | He | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | understand | gerund | He not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | jump | gerund | He not said here | to the Princess result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to princess=Result |
Option 2
He showed understanding by jumping to the Princess, and so the King chose him for his daughter's sake
The tree, 19 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 | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | understanding | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 showed | xcomp |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 5 jumping | mark |
| 5 | jumping | jump | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 understanding | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Princess | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Princess | det |
| 8 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jumping | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 chose | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 chose | cc |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 chose | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 King | det |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 chose | nsubj |
| 14 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 showed | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 chose | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 sake | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 18 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sake | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 daughter | case |
| 20 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 chose | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | He | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | understand | gerund | He not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | jump | gerund | He not said here | to the Princess result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to princess=Result | ||||
| 4 | choose | past | the King | him = he | for King's daughter's sake | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for sake=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He jumped into the Princess's lap happily
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 | 2 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 lap | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lap | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Princess | case |
| 7 | lap | lap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obl |
| 8 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 2 jumped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | past | He | into the Princess's lap result; happily property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lap=Result |
Option 4
He showed understanding by jumping to the Princess, while the others jumped to the King
The tree, 15 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 | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | understanding | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 showed | xcomp |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 5 jumping | mark |
| 5 | jumping | jump | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 understanding | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Princess | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Princess | det |
| 8 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 jumping | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 jumped | punct |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 jumped | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 others | det |
| 12 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 jumped | nsubj |
| 13 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 showed | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 King | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 King | det |
| 16 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 jumped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | He | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | understand | gerund | He not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | jump | gerund | He not said here | to the Princess result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to princess=Result | ||||
| 4 | jump | past | the others | to the King result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to king=Result |
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