Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind…

So the blind lady can see again, lowkey?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: blind lady · What happens: see · To what, where: lowkey

This is test 3 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
3	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lady	amod
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	again	again	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lowkey	punct
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	the blind lady	lowkey			again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Yeah, Death lends her eyes, they're dull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 lends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lends	punct
3	Death	Death	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lends	nsubj
4	lends	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lends	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lends	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dull	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dull	cop
10	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lends	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	present	Death	Death's eyes					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
2	is	present	eyes = eye					dull property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, Death gives her eyes back, all shiny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	Death	Death	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gives	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	4 gives	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 shiny	det
10	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gives	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give back	present	Death	Death's eyes					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, she sees the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sees	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sees	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sees	nsubj
4	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lake	det
6	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	she	the lake					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lake=Stimulus

Option 4

Yeah, he takes her eyes and gives them back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 takes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 takes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 takes	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gives	cc
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 takes	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gives	iobj
10	back	back	ADV	_	8 gives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	he	her eyes					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
2	give back	present	he not said here		eyes = eye				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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