Test 5 · ★ · Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the…

so who cared for him when he cried?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: care, cry

This is test 5 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	3 cared	advmod
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 cared	nsubj
3	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cared	obl
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 cried	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cried	nsubj
8	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cared	advcl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 cared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past						for him = he	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme
2	cry speech: express	past	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

nobody, he cried till he fell asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 cried	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nobody	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 fell	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fell	nsubj
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cried	advcl
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fell	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	nobody						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fall	past	he					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

the laborer's wife sat beside him and sang a lullaby until he slept soundly

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laborer	det
2	laborer	laborer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wife	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 laborer	case
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	nsubj
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sat	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sang	cc
9	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lullaby	det
11	lullaby	lullaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sang	obj
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 slept	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 slept	nsubj
14	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	advcl
15	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	14 slept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the laborer's wife		beside him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location
2	sing speech: express	past	the laborer's wife not said here	a lullaby		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lullaby=Theme
3	sleep	past	he		soundly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Anne Lisbeth held him tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anne	Anne	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 held	nsubj
2	Lisbeth	Lisbeth	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Anne	flat
3	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 held	obj
5	tight	tight	ADV	_	3 held	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	Anne	him = he				tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

the old nurse came every night, held him close, and told him stories of the beech-wood

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nurse	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nurse	amod
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 held	punct
8	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 held	obj
10	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 held	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 told	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 told	cc
13	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 told	iobj
15	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 told	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 wood	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wood	det
18	beech	beech	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 wood	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 beech	punct
20	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stories	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the old nurse			night		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hold	past	the old nurse not said here	nurse			close property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	past	the old nurse not said here	stories of the beech wood	nurse			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient story=Topic

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