Test 6 · ★ · Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the…

deadass what did the boy do with the cow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, boy · What happens: deadass, do · To what, where: boy

This is test 6 · ★ 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	deadass	deadass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 deadass	ccomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 boy	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 cow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cow	det
9	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 deadass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	deadass	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	do	past		the boy		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality
3	do	present	the boy not said here		with the cow	vn act-114-1 «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

he took care of the red cow and the sheep and the pigs all day long

The tree, 16 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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 cow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cow	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cow	amod
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sheep	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sheep	det
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cow	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pigs	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pigs	det
13	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sheep	conj
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl:unmarked
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	he	care			day	of the red cow and the sheep and the pigs; long property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of cow=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

took care of Mary's red cow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 took	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 cow	case
4	Mary	Mary	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cow	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Mary	case
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cow	amod
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past		care				of Mary's red cow	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of cow=Initial_Location

Option 3

fed the cow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cow	det
3	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past			the cow				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Recipient

Option 4

fed the old grey horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horse	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 horse	amod
4	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 horse	amod
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past			the old grey horse				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient

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