Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees…

Did she actually finish the grave before the sun came up, though?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, sun · What happens: finish, come up · To what, where: grave

This is test 9 · ★ 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	4 finish	aux
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 finish	nsubj
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 finish	advmod
4	finish	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grave	det
6	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finish	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 came	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sun	det
9	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 finish	advcl
11	up	up	ADV	_	10 came	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 though	punct
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	10 came	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 finish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	past · do-support	she	the grave				actually property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector grave=Eventuality
2	come up	past	the sun						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Yes, the grave was complete by dawn, but she was too exhausted to bury the child and fell asleep beside it

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 complete	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grave	det
4	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 complete	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 complete	cop
6	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 complete	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 exhausted	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 exhausted	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 exhausted	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 exhausted	cop
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 exhausted	advmod
14	exhausted	exhausted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 complete	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 bury	mark
16	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 exhausted	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 child	det
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bury	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 fell	cc
20	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 complete	conj
21	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 fell	xcomp
22	beside	beside	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the grave			dawn	complete property	tree rules
2	is	past	she				exhausted property	tree rules
3	bury	to-infinitive	she not said here	the child				vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
4	fall	past	the grave not said here		grave		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beside it=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it was only half dug when the cock crowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 dug	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dug	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dug	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dug	aux:pass
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 dug	advmod
6	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	7 dug	advmod
7	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 crowed	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cock	det
10	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crowed	nsubj
11	crowed	crow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 dug	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past · passive		it				half property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	crow	participle	the cock						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Not quite, she dug a little more after dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 dug	advmod
2	quite	quite	ADV	_	5 dug	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dug	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dug	nsubj
5	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 little	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 more	obl:unmarked
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 dug	advmod
9	after	after	ADP	_	10 dawn	case
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dug	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not dig	past	she				dawn		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, she finished it just before the cock crew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 finished	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 finished	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 finished	nsubj
4	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 finished	obj
6	just	just	ADV	_	10 crew	advmod
7	before	before	ADP	_	10 crew	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crew	det
9	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crew	compound
10	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	past	she	it			before the cock crew		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality

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