Test 13 · ★ · Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alf…

why does Sophy scold Alfred at the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sophy · What happens: scold · To what, where: Alfred, end

This is test 13 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 scold	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scold	aux
3	Sophy	sophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scold	nsubj
4	scold	scold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Alfred	Alfred	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 scold	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scold	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 scold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	present · do-support	Sophy	Alfred			at the end		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alfred=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 · ← Mova's choice

cos his speech was cold and not loving and he had also been rude to mamma all week

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 speech	nmod:poss
3	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 loving	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 loving	advmod
8	loving	love	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 cold	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rude	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rude	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 rude	aux
12	also	also	ADV	_	14 rude	advmod
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 rude	cop
14	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 loving	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 mamma	case
16	mamma	mamma	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rude	obl
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 week	det
18	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 loving	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	is	past	his speech		cold property	tree rules
3	not love	gerund		week		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	past · perfect	he		to mamma; rude property	tree rules
5	speak		his = he			nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

cos he spoke so coldly to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 coldly	advmod
5	coldly	coldly	ADV	_	3 spoke	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	cos		her = she			coldly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent

Option 3

cos he forgot her birthday again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgot	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forgot	nsubj
3	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 birthday	nmod:poss
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgot	obj
6	again	again	ADV	_	3 forgot	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	cos	her birthday			again		tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cos his speech was cold and not loving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 speech	nmod:poss
3	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 loving	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 loving	advmod
8	loving	loving	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	is	past	his speech	cold property	tree rules
3	not be		his speech not said here		tree rules
4	speak		his = he		nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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