Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pasto…

wait so the dead lady's just his wife waking him up?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wife · What happens: wait, wake up · To what, where: him

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 791 «Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pastor's dream of sinners, then an old maid watches children play while an angel carries a dead child to heaven» 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	so	so	ADV	_	10 waking	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lady	amod
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wife	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 lady	case
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 wife	advmod
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wife	nmod:poss
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 waking	nsubj
10	waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 wait	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 waking	obj
12	up	up	ADP	_	10 waking	compound:prt
13	?	?	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	wake up	gerund	the dead lady's wife	him = he					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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

nah, she was actually a ghost sent by God to scare him into being better and not his wife at all

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 ghost	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ghost	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ghost	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 ghost	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ghost	det
7	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ghost	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 God	case
10	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sent	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 scare	mark
12	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 sent	advcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 scare	obj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 better	case
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 better	cop
16	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 scare	xcomp
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 wife	cc
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 wife	advmod
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 wife	nmod:poss
20	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 better	conj
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	a ghost		actually property	tree rules
2	send	participle		a ghost not said here		by God	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	scare	to-infinitive		God			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
4	is	gerund			all	good property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, she was alive and full of love, so she woke him up from the terrible dream and not a ghost at all

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 alive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 alive	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 alive	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 alive	cop
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 full	cc
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 alive	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 love	case
9	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 woke	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 woke	advmod
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 woke	nsubj
13	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 alive	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 woke	obj
15	up	up	ADP	_	13 woke	compound:prt
16	from	from	ADP	_	19 dream	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 dream	det
18	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 dream	amod
19	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 woke	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 ghost	cc
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 ghost	advmod
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 ghost	det
23	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dream	conj
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 all	case
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 woke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	she			alive property	tree rules
2	be		she not said here			of love	tree rules
3	wake up	past	she	him = he	the terrible dream and a ghost	at all	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

nah, she's a dead lady who scolds him, not his wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 lady	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lady	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lady	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lady	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lady	amod
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 scolds	nsubj
9	scolds	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lady	acl:relcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 scolds	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wife	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 wife	advmod
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wife	nmod:poss
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lady	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	she	a dead lady and his wife					tree rules
2	scold	present	a dead lady and his wife	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she was alive and full of love, not a ghost tbh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 alive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 alive	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 alive	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 alive	cop
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 full	cc
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 alive	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 love	case
9	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ghost	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 ghost	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ghost	det
13	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 alive	conj
14	tbh	tbh	ADV	_	13 ghost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					alive property	tree rules
2	be		she not said here					of love	tree rules

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