Test 12 · ★ · Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the…

ngl, why did they call him the field-laborer's boy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: call · To what, where: ngl · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 792 «Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the neglected boy who goes to sea» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 call	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 call	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 call	aux
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 call	nsubj
6	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 call	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 laborer	det
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 laborer	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 field	punct
11	laborer	laborer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 boy	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 laborer	case
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · do-support	they		ngl			ngl vocative	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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

the priest said so

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	3 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the priest						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the church book said Anne Lisbeth's son

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 book	compound
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Anne	Anne	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod:poss
6	Lisbeth	Lisbeth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Anne	flat
7	's	's	PART	_	5 Anne	case
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the church book	Anne's son					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent son=Topic

Option 3

his father was poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poor	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poor	cop
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his father					poor property	tree rules

Option 4

the register said he was a laborer's son

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 register	det
2	register	register	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	9 son	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 son	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 laborer	det
7	laborer	laborer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 laborer	case
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the register						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	register	a laborer's son					tree rules

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