Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind…

Lowkey, what's the deal with the hair-comb and the boot-jack?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lowkey · What happens: be · To what, where: deal

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 302 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind mother bargains with Death for her child, then a boastful collar starts to court a garter» 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 deal	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 deal	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 deal	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deal	det
6	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lowkey	appos
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 comb	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 comb	det
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 comb	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 hair	punct
11	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deal	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 jack	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 jack	det
14	boot	boot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 jack	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 boot	punct
16	jack	jack	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 comb	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Lowkey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Lowkey	the deal				with the hair comb and the boot jack	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

They had a fight, and they're not a thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fight	det
4	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thing	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 thing	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thing	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 thing	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 thing	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thing	det
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	They	a fight					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Patient
2	not is a	present	they	a thing					tree rules

Option 2

She hates him, they're a total mess

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	2 hates	nsubj
2	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hates	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mess	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 mess	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mess	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mess	det
8	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mess	amod
9	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hates	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	She	him = he					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	is a	present	they	a total mess					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She's betrothed to him, and they're a thing

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 betrothed	nsubj:pass
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 betrothed	aux
3	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 betrothed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thing	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 thing	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thing	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 thing	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thing	det
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 betrothed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betroth	present · passive		She	him = he				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient
2	is a	present	they	a thing					tree rules

Option 4

She's betrothed to him

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 betrothed	nsubj:pass
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 betrothed	aux
3	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 betrothed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betroth	present · passive		She	him = he				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient

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