Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind…

So the scissors just cut the collar, mid?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: scissors · What happens: cut · To what, where: collar

This is test 8 · ★ 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	_	5 cut	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scissors	det
3	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cut	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 cut	advmod
5	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 collar	det
7	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mid	punct
9	mid	mid	X	_	5 cut	parataxis
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	the scissors	the collar					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset collar=Product

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

Yup, she's mad and chops off his jagged edge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mad	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yup	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chops	cc
7	chops	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 chops	compound:prt
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 edge	nmod:poss
10	jagged	jagged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 edge	amod
11	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Yup					mad property	tree rules
2	chop off	present	Yup not said here	his jagged edge					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edge=Patient

Option 2

Yup, she's mad and chops off his jagged edge, then tosses it in the bin

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mad	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yup	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chops	cc
7	chops	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 chops	compound:prt
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 edge	nmod:poss
10	jagged	jagged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 edge	amod
11	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chops	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 tosses	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 tosses	advmod
14	tosses	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tosses	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 bin	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bin	det
18	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tosses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Yup				mad property	tree rules
2	chop off	present	Yup not said here	his jagged edge				vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edge=Patient
3	toss	present	Yup not said here	edge	the bin	then		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bin=Destination

Option 3

Nah, she's pleased and trims his hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 pleased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pleased	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pleased	cop
5	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 trims	cc
7	trims	trim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pleased	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hair	nmod:poss
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trims	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					pleased property	tree rules
2	trim	present	she not said here	his hair					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Option 4

Yup, she's mad and cuts his frilly edge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mad	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yup	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cuts	cc
7	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 edge	nmod:poss
9	frilly	frilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 edge	amod
10	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cuts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Yup					mad property	tree rules
2	cut	present	Yup not said here	his frilly edge					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset edge=Product

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