Test 10 · ★ · Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alf…

was Alfred a bit of a sad case?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: alfr · To what, where: bit

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 797 «Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alfred weds Sophy» 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Alfred	aux:pass
2	Alfred	alfr	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Alfred	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 case	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 case	det
7	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 case	amod
8	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bit	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 Alfred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alfr	past · passive		a bit of a sad case					tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he talked and talked about beauty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 talked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 talked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talked	nsubj
4	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 talked	cc
6	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 talked	conj
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 beauty	case
8	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	he						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	talk	past	he not said here					about beauty	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about beauty=Topic

Option 2

yeah, he talked and talked about beauty and then cried all night for his dead wife

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 talked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 talked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talked	nsubj
4	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 talked	cc
6	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 talked	conj
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 beauty	case
8	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cried	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 cried	advmod
11	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 talked	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cried	obl:unmarked
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 wife	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 wife	nmod:poss
16	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 wife	amod
17	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	he			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	talk	past	he not said here		about beauty	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about beauty=Topic
3	cry speech: express	past	he not said here	then; night	for his dead wife	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for wife=Recipient

Option 3

nah, he just painted all day long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 painted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 painted	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 painted	advmod
5	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 painted	obl:unmarked
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 painted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	he				day	long property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

yeah, he cried about his wife a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 cried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cried	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 wife	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wife	nmod:poss
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	obl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lot	det
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	he	a lot				about his wife	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about wife=Topic

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