Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind…

Wait, which flower was her kid's, fam?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, flower · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: fam

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fam	punct
3	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 flower	det
4	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fam	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fam	cop
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 kid	nmod:poss
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fam	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 kid	case
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fam	punct
10	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
11	?	?	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	is a	past	which flower	her kid's fam					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

Death won't say which one, but he gives the mom a rose from the lake to keep as proof of it

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gives	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 gives	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 gives	nsubj
10	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mom	det
12	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gives	iobj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rose	det
14	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gives	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 lake	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lake	det
17	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rose	nmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 keep	mark
19	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 gives	advcl
20	as	as	ADP	_	21 proof	case
21	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 keep	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	future	Death	which one				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic
2	give	present	Death	a rose	the mom	the lake		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mom=Recipient rose=Theme
3	keep	to-infinitive	Death not said here				as proof of proof	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	proof			proof				nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Death says it's the red one by the well, fam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 one	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 well	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 well	det
10	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 one	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fam	punct
12	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 one	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Death						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Death	the red one and fam				by the well	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Death won't say which one, just that it was one of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	12 one	advmod
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 one	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 one	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 one	cop
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 say	ccomp
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 them	case
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	future	Death	which one					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic
2	is a	past	Death	one				of them = they	tree rules

Option 4

Death won't say which one, just that it was one of the two she saw in the deep well

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	12 one	advmod
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 one	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 one	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 one	cop
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 saw	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 two	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 two	det
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 one	nmod
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 saw	nsubj
17	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	parataxis
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 well	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 well	det
20	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 well	amod
21	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	future	Death	which one			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic
2	is a	past	Death	one		of the two	tree rules
3	see	past	she		the deep well		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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