Test 5 · ★ · Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alf…

so Kaela just died, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kaela · What happens: die, innit

This is test 5 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 died	advmod
2	Kaela	Kaela	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 died	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 died	advmod
4	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 innit	punct
6	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 died	conj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 died	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Kaela						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	innit	infinitive	Kaela not said here						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

yeah, and Alfred married Sophy after a long time of mourning in the house

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 married	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 married	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 married	cc
4	Alfred	Alfred	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 married	nsubj
5	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Sophy	sophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 married	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 time	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 married	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 mourning	case
12	mourning	mourning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 time	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 house	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mourning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	past	Alfred	Sophy			time		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sophy=Patient

Option 2

yeah, he moved to Rome to paint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 moved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 moved	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 moved	nsubj
4	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Rome	case
6	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 moved	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 paint	mark
8	paint	paint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 moved	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	he		Rome				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to rome=Result
2	paint	to-infinitive	he not said here						vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah, then Alfred was sad for ages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 sad	advmod
4	Alfred	Alfred	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sad	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sad	cop
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ages	case
8	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Alfred				for ages; then	sad property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, and Alfred married Sophy after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 married	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 married	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 married	cc
4	Alfred	Alfred	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 married	nsubj
5	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Sophy	sophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 married	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	5 married	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry after	past	Alfred	Sophy					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sophy=Patient

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