Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks…

what's up with the lake, did the prince swim in it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: prince · What happens: be, do, swim · To what, where: lake

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 800 «Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks on alone, deeper into the wood after the sound» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 up	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 up	cop
3	up	up	ADV	_	8 did	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 lake	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lake	det
6	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lake	punct
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 prince	det
10	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swim	nsubj
11	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 did	ccomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 swim	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present			up property	tree rules
2	do	past			with the lake	tree rules
3	swim	present	the prince	lake		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Trajectory

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

nah, he only saw swans flapping their wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saw	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 saw	advmod
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saw	obj
7	flapping	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 swans	acl
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wings	nmod:poss
9	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flapping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	swans					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swan=Stimulus
2	flap	gerund	swans not said here	swans's wings					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient

Option 2

nah, he only saw swans flapping their wings from the shore at dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saw	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 saw	advmod
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saw	obj
7	flapping	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 swans	acl
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wings	nmod:poss
9	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flapping	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 shore	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shore	det
12	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dusk	case
14	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shore	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	swans		the shore at dusk			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swan=Stimulus
2	flap	gerund	swans not said here	swans's wings					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient

Option 3

nah, he only saw ducks skimming the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saw	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 saw	advmod
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saw	obj
7	skimming	skim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ducks	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skimming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	ducks					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duck=Stimulus
2	skim	gerund	ducks not said here	the water					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source

Option 4

nah, he only saw geese on the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saw	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 saw	advmod
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saw	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 lake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lake	det
9	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	geese		the lake			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer goose=Stimulus

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