Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind…

Ngl, Death's kinda sus, he just blows on her hands?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kinda sus · What happens: blow · To what, where: hands

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Death	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	Death	Death	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sus	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Death	case
5	kinda	kinda	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sus	amod
6	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blows	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sus	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 blows	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 blows	advmod
10	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 hands	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hands	nmod:poss
13	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 blows	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 blows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	Ngl Death's kinda sus			Death's hands			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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

Yup, warm breath and her hands get tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 breath	punct
3	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 breath	amod
4	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yup	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hands	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hands	nmod:poss
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Yup	conj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Yup and warm breath and her hands					tight property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yup, cold breath and her hands go limp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 breath	punct
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 breath	amod
4	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yup	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hands	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hands	nmod:poss
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Yup	conj
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	limp	limp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Yup and cold breath and her hands					limp property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Nah, he only blows a little dust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 blows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blows	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 blows	advmod
5	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dust	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dust	amod
8	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	he	a little dust					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent dust=Patient

Option 4

Yup, cold breath and her hands go limp, then he takes the flower away fast

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 breath	punct
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 breath	amod
4	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yup	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hands	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hands	nmod:poss
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Yup	conj
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	limp	limp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 go	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 takes	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 takes	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 takes	nsubj
13	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 go	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 flower	det
15	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 takes	obj
16	away	away	ADV	_	13 takes	advmod
17	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 takes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Yup and cold breath and her hands					limp property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take away	present	he	the flower			then	away, fast property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme

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