Test 2 · ★ · Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alf…

wait, why did mamma buy thirty newspapers, lol?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, mamma · What happens: wait, buy · To what, where: thirty newspapers

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 buy	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 buy	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 buy	aux
5	mamma	mamma	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buy	nsubj
6	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
7	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 newspapers	nummod
8	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 buy	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 buy	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	buy	past · do-support	mamma	thirty newspapers					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newspaper=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

because she wanted the whole town to know about the engagement and the wedding date

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 town	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 town	amod
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 know	mark
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 engagement	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 engagement	det
11	engagement	engagement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 know	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 date	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 date	det
14	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 date	compound
15	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 engagement	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	the whole town					tree rules
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	the whole town not said here					about the engagement and the wedding date	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about engagement=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

to spread the news about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 spread	mark
2	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 news	det
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spread	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	to-infinitive		the news				about news	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent news=Theme about it=Destination

Option 3

to get a good discount

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 discount	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 discount	amod
5	discount	discount	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive		a good discount					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer discount=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

to flex the news on her mates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 flex	mark
2	flex	flex	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 news	det
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flex	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 mates	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mates	nmod:poss
7	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flex	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flex	to-infinitive		the news		her mates			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent news=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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