Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pasto…

oof the rosebush got its stem broke by some wicked hand

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oof, stem, rosebush · What happens: get, break, stem

This is test 8 · ★ 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	oof	oof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rosebush	det
3	rosebush	rosebush	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 stem	nmod:poss
6	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 broke	nsubj
7	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	ccomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 hand	case
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 hand	det
10	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hand	amod
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	get	past	oof		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	break	past	rosebush's stem	by some wicked hand	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by hand=Location
3	stem		rosebush		nom stem «communication transitive»: poss=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

ya, all the petals fell off, that's sad lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ya	ya	INTJ	_	6 fell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ya	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 petals	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 petals	det
5	petals	petal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fell	nsubj
6	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 fell	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sad	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 sad	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sad	cop
11	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fell	advcl
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	11 sad	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	past	all petals						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	present	that					sad property	tree rules

Option 2

yeah, all the rosebuds hang faded and some wicked hand snapped its stem in half, that's so sad af

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 faded	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 rosebuds	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rosebuds	det
5	rosebuds	rosebud	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 faded	nsubj:pass
6	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 faded	aux:pass
7	faded	fade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 snapped	cc
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 hand	det
10	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hand	amod
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 snapped	nsubj
12	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 faded	conj
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 stem	nmod:poss
14	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 snapped	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 half	case
16	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	12 snapped	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 af	punct
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 af	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 af	cop
20	so	so	ADV	_	21 sad	advmod
21	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 af	amod
22	af	af	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 faded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fade	present · passive		all rosebuds		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	snap	past	some wicked hand	hand's stem	in half	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent stem=Patient in half=Topic
3	is a	present	that	sad af		tree rules
4	stem		hand			nom stem «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

yeah, the whole bush is dying now because someone came with scissors and cut all the rosebuds off, which is really sad

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 dying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bush	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bush	amod
5	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dying	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dying	aux
7	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 came	advcl
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 dying	advmod
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 came	mark
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 scissors	case
13	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 came	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cut	cc
15	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 came	conj
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 rosebuds	det:predet
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rosebuds	det
18	rosebuds	rosebud	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 cut	obj
19	off	off	ADP	_	18 rosebuds	compound:prt
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 sad	punct
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 sad	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 sad	cop
23	really	really	ADV	_	24 sad	advmod
24	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 rosebuds	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	die	present · progressive	the whole bush		now		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	come	past	someone			with scissors	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cut	past	someone not said here	all rosebuds			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rosebud=Product
4	is	present	all rosebuds			sad property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, all the rosebuds hang faded, that's sad af

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 faded	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 faded	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 rosebuds	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rosebuds	det
5	rosebuds	rosebud	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 faded	nsubj:pass
6	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 faded	aux:pass
7	faded	fade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 af	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 af	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 af	cop
11	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 af	amod
12	af	af	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 faded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fade	present · passive		all rosebuds					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	is a	present	that	sad af					tree rules

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