Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back…

Bruv, why'd she sit on the shore every night for a whole year?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bruv · What happens: sit · To what, where: shore

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 795 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back her soul» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sit	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 sit	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 sit	aux
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sit	nsubj
6	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 shore	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shore	det
9	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sit	obl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sit	obl:unmarked
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 year	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 year	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 year	amod
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sit	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	would	Bruv			the shore	night; year	Bruv vocative	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shore=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

Because she was looking for shells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 looking	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looking	aux
4	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 shells	case
6	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past · progressive	she					for shells	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shell=Theme

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

To wait for the spectre to come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 spectre	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spectre	det
5	spectre	spectre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 come	mark
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive						for the spectre	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To wait for the spectre to come back from the sea, as he had promised her

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 spectre	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spectre	det
5	spectre	spectre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 come	mark
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wait	advcl
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 promised	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 promised	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 promised	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 promised	aux
16	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 wait	advcl
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 promised	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive				for the spectre	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come back	to-infinitive			the sea		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sea=Initial_Location
3	promise speech: promise	past · perfect	he	her = she			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4

To wait for the spectre to come, and to dig a grave for him when he arrived at last

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 spectre	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spectre	det
5	spectre	spectre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 come	mark
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wait	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dig	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dig	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 dig	mark
11	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wait	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 grave	det
13	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dig	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dig	obl
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 arrived	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 arrived	nsubj
18	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 dig	advcl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 last	case
20	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 arrived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive				for the spectre	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	to-infinitive					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	dig	to-infinitive		a grave		for him = he	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent grave=Result for he=Beneficiary
4	arrive	past	he		last		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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