Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees…

Did she find some old hat thing or a actual dead body?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: find · To what, where: old hat thing

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 find	aux
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 find	nsubj
3	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 thing	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
6	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	compound
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 body	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 body	det
10	actual	actual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 body	amod
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 body	amod
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · do-support	she	some old hat thing or a actual dead body					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

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

A boat, then a pile of weed that looked like a dead dog on the rocks

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boat	det
2	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 looked	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pile	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 pile	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pile	det
6	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 looked	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 weed	case
8	weed	weed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pile	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 looked	nsubj
10	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 dog	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dog	det
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dog	amod
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 looked	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 rocks	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rocks	det
17	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	a boat					like a dead dog; on the rocks	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on rock=Theme

Option 2

An old man's hat first, then a big heap of grass and seaweed that looked exactly like a real drowned corpse lying on the sand

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hat	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 man	case
5	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 hat	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 heap	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 heap	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 heap	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 heap	amod
11	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hat	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 grass	case
13	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heap	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 seaweed	cc
15	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 grass	conj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 looked	nsubj
17	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 grass	acl:relcl
18	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	23 corpse	advmod
19	like	like	ADP	_	23 corpse	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 corpse	det
21	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 corpse	amod
22	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 corpse	amod
23	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 looked	obj
24	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 corpse	acl
25	on	on	ADP	_	27 sand	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 sand	det
27	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look	past	grass and seaweed	a real drowned corpse		vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme corpse=Attribute
2	drown	participle				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	lie	gerund	a real drowned corpse not said here		the sand	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on sand=Location

Option 3

Some old man's hat at first, then a huge tangled mess of seaweed and grass that scared her half to death with its shape like a body

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hat	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 man	case
5	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 first	case
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 hat	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mess	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 mess	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mess	det
11	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mess	amod
12	tangled	tangled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mess	amod
13	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hat	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 seaweed	case
15	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mess	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 grass	cc
17	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 seaweed	conj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 scared	nsubj
19	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 mess	parataxis
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 half	nmod:poss
21	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	19 scared	obj
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 death	case
23	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 scared	obl
24	with	with	ADP	_	26 shape	case
25	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 shape	nmod:poss
26	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 scared	obl
27	like	like	ADP	_	29 body	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 body	det
29	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	past	that	her half				to death; with death's shape; like a body	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus half=Experiencer
2	mess			seaweed and grass					nom mess «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An old man's hat, then grass and seaweed that looked like a corpse

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hat	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 man	case
5	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grass	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 grass	advmod
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hat	appos
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 seaweed	cc
10	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grass	conj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 looked	nsubj
12	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 grass	acl:relcl
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 corpse	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 corpse	det
15	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	grass and seaweed					like a corpse	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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