Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 31: the shadow re…

Bruh, why does the shadow want the learned man to say "you" instead of "thou"?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shadow · What happens: want, learn, say · To what, where: learned man, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	7 want	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 want	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 want	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shadow	det
6	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 want	nsubj
7	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 want	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 say	mark
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 want	advcl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 you	punct
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 say	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 you	punct
16	instead	instead	ADV	_	12 say	advmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	16 instead	fixed
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 thou	punct
19	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	16 instead	conj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 thou	punct
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present · do-support	the shadow	the learned man		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot man=Theme
2	learn	participle				vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	the shadow not said here	you	instead property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent you=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

He wants to be treated as an equal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 treated	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 treated	aux:pass
5	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wants	xcomp
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 equal	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 equal	det
8	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 treated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	treat not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here					as a equal	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: as equal=Attribute

Option 2

He wants to be liked by everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 liked	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 liked	aux:pass
5	liked	like	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wants	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 everyone	case
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 liked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	like not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	everyone						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

He wants respect from the learned man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 man	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He	respect				from the learned man	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot respect=Theme
2	learn	participle							vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He wants to be treated as an equal and as a friend of the learned man's family

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 treated	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 treated	aux:pass
5	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wants	xcomp
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 equal	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 equal	det
8	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 treated	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 friend	cc
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 friend	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 friend	det
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 equal	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	18 family	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
15	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 man	amod
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 family	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 man	case
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 friend	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want	present	He		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	treat not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here	as a equal and a friend of the learned man's family	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: as equal=Attribute
3	learn	participle			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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