Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 31: the shadow re…

Cringe or nah: what does "betrothed" mean, the thing the shadow wants?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cringe, shadow · What happens: betroth, mean, want · To what, where: Cringe, thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 304 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 31: the shadow returns as a fine gentleman and boasts of what he saw» 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	Cringe	cringe	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mean	nsubj
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 nah	cc
3	nah	nah	INTJ	_	1 Cringe	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 betrothed	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 betrothed	obj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 betrothed	aux
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 betrothed	punct
8	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Cringe	acl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 betrothed	punct
10	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thing	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thing	det
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mean	obj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shadow	det
15	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wants	nsubj
16	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 thing	acl:relcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	betroth in a quote	present · do-support		Cringe	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	mean	present	Cringe	the thing	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
3	want	present	the shadow	the thing not said here	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme

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

Wedded to a rich old man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wedded	wed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	6 man	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wedded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wed	participle						to a rich old man	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to man=Co-Patient

Option 2

Engaged to be married, which is what the shadow hoped Poesy would one day agree to

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	4 married	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 married	aux:pass
4	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Engaged	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 what	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 what	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 what	cop
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	1 Engaged	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shadow	det
10	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hoped	nsubj
11	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 what	acl:relcl
12	Poesy	poesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 agree	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 agree	aux
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 day	nummod
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 agree	obl:unmarked
16	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 hoped	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	16 agree	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	engage	participle			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	marry	to-infinitive · passive			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»
3	is a	present			tree rules
4	hope	past	the shadow		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	agree speech: agree	would	Poesy	day	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Engaged to be married to a lady of high rank and wealth in the town

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	4 married	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 married	aux:pass
4	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Engaged	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 lady	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lady	det
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 married	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 rank	case
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rank	amod
10	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lady	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wealth	cc
12	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rank	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 town	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 town	det
15	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rank	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	engage	participle							vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	marry	to-infinitive · passive						to a lady of high rank in the town and wealth	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to lady=Co-Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Engaged to be married

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	4 married	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 married	aux:pass
4	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Engaged	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	engage	participle							vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	marry	to-infinitive · passive							vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»

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