Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bu…
wait, did the flea actually win the princess?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do, win · To what, where: flea, princess
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 295 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bush grows from a teapot and shows an old couple's golden day» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | conj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 flea | det |
| 5 | flea | flea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 win | advmod |
| 7 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 princess | det |
| 9 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 win | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do | past | you not said here | the flea | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | win | present | you not said here | the princess | actually property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality |
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
nah, he went home and rested
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 rested | cc |
| 7 | rested | rest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 went | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | he | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rest | participle | he not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
yes, he married her in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 married | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 married | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 married | nsubj |
| 4 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 married | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 married | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | past | he | her = she | in the end | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 3
nah, he went off to foreign lands to serve and was shot in battle
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 went | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 lands | case |
| 7 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 lands | amod |
| 8 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 went | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 serve | mark |
| 10 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 went | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 shot | cc |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 shot | aux:pass |
| 13 | shot | shoot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 went | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 battle | case |
| 15 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 shot | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go off | past | he | to foreign lands | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | serve | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | shoot | past · passive | he not said here | battle | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: in battle=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he went abroad and got killed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 got | cc |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 8 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | he | abroad property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | past | he not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | kill | participle | he not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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