Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees…

Would you dig a grave in the middle of the night, real talk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: dig · To what, where: grave, middle

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 794 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees a ghostly child and digs a grave by the sea before dawn» 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	Would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 dig	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 dig	nsubj
3	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 grave	det
5	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dig	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 middle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 middle	det
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dig	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 night	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 middle	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 talk	punct
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 talk	amod
14	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 middle	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 dig	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	would	you	a grave		the middle of the night and real talk			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent grave=Theme in middle=Location

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

Maybe, if someone paid me a lot of money to do it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	5 paid	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Maybe	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 paid	mark
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 paid	nsubj
5	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 paid	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lot	det
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 money	case
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lot	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 do	mark
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 paid	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	someone		me			maybe property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient lot=Asset
2	do	to-infinitive	someone not said here	lot					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

Not a chance, I would be well freaked out, run home and lock my door, and never go near that beach again in my life

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 chance	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chance	det
3	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 freaked	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chance	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 freaked	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 freaked	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 freaked	aux:pass
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 freaked	advmod
9	freaked	freak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 run	nsubj
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 freaked	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 run	punct
12	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 run	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lock	cc
15	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 run	conj
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 door	nmod:poss
17	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lock	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 go	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 go	cc
20	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	21 go	advmod
21	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 run	conj
22	near	near	ADP	_	24 beach	case
23	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 beach	det
24	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 go	obl
25	again	again	ADV	_	21 go	advmod
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 life	case
27	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 life	nmod:poss
28	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freak out	would · passive	I			a chance obl; well property	tree rules
2	run	infinitive				home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	lock	infinitive	my door				vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
4	not go	infinitive		that beach	again	in my life	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near beach=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Not a chance, I would be well freaked out and run home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 chance	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chance	det
3	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 freaked	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chance	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 freaked	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 freaked	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 freaked	aux:pass
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 freaked	advmod
9	freaked	freak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 freaked	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 run	cc
12	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 freaked	conj
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freak out	would · passive		I				a chance obl; well property	tree rules
2	run	infinitive						home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Not a chance, honestly, I'd be terrified and probably would sprint all the way back to town screaming for help

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 chance	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chance	det
3	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 terrified	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 honestly	punct
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	3 chance	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chance	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 terrified	nsubj
8	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 terrified	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 terrified	cop
10	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sprint	cc
12	probably	probably	ADV	_	14 sprint	advmod
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 sprint	aux
14	sprint	sprint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 terrified	conj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 way	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 way	det
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sprint	obl:unmarked
18	back	back	ADV	_	14 sprint	advmod
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 town	case
20	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sprint	obl
21	screaming	scream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 town	acl
22	for	for	ADP	_	23 help	case
23	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 screaming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	would	a chance			terrified property	tree rules
2	sprint	would	a chance not said here	all way	town	probably property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to town=Destination
3	scream speech: express	gerund	town not said here			for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/794-pg27200-part5/t13/