Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely o…

bare pretty sunset tho, what did he see?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: bear, see

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» 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	bare	bear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	3 sunset	advmod
3	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bare	obj
4	tho	tho	ADV	_	1 bare	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 see	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 see	obj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	nsubj
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 bare	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	imperative	you not said here				sunset	tho property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	see	past · do-support	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

The sun like a shining altar over the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sun	det
2	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 altar	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 altar	det
5	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 altar	amod
6	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sun	nmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sun	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The sun like a shining altar over the sea, with the apes singing below

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sun	det
2	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 altar	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 altar	det
5	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 altar	amod
6	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sun	nmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 altar	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 apes	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 apes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 apes	det
13	apes	ape	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sun	conj
14	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 apes	acl
15	below	below	ADV	_	14 singing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sing speech: express	gerund	the apes not said here					below property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A giant lamp hanging over the lake and the church tower and the apple trees

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lamp	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lamp	amod
3	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 lamp	acl
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 lake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lake	det
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hanging	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tower	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tower	det
10	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tower	compound
11	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lake	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 trees	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 trees	det
14	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 trees	compound
15	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lake	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	gerund	a giant lamp not said here			the lake and the church tower and the apple trees			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over lake=Location

Option 4

The sun sinking into the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sun	det
2	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	sinking	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sun	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 wood	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wood	det
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	gerund	the sun not said here			the wood			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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