Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 30: the lost shad…
the dude said he was old shadow, was he joking?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dude · What happens: say, be, joke · To what, where: old shadow · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 303 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 30: the lost shadow comes back as a rich, fine gentleman» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dude | det |
| 2 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 shadow | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 shadow | cop |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shadow | amod |
| 7 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 joking | punct |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 joking | aux |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 joking | nsubj |
| 11 | joking | joke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 said | advcl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the dude | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | dude | old shadow | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | joke speech: other | past · progressive | dude | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
nah, he was the shadow, now with a body and a fancy coat
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 shadow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 shadow | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 shadow | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shadow | det |
| 6 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 body | punct |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 body | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 body | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 body | det |
| 11 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shadow | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 coat | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 coat | det |
| 14 | fancy | fancy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 coat | amod |
| 15 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 body | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | the shadow and a body and a fancy coat | tree rules |
Option 2
yeah, he was just a guy messing around
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 guy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 guy | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 guy | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 guy | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 guy | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 guy | det |
| 7 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | messing | mess | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 guy | acl |
| 9 | around | around | ADV | _ | 8 messing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a guy | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mess around | gerund | a guy not said here | around property | tree rules |
Option 3
nah, he was the shadow, now with a body, and he was dead serious about it all
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 shadow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 shadow | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 shadow | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shadow | det |
| 6 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 body | punct |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 body | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 body | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 body | det |
| 11 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shadow | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 serious | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 serious | cc |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 serious | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 serious | cop |
| 16 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 serious | amod |
| 17 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 shadow | conj |
| 18 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 it | case |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 serious | obl |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 it | det |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | the shadow and a body | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | he | about body; serious property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he was the shadow, now with a body
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 shadow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 shadow | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 shadow | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shadow | det |
| 6 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 body | punct |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 body | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 body | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 body | det |
| 11 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shadow | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | the shadow and a body | tree rules |
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