Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

Dude, did the dead king finally get his song?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: do, get, sing · To what, where: dead king, song

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 king	amod
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 song	nmod:poss
10	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	Dude	the dead king		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality
2	get	present	Dude not said here	Dude's song	finally property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus
3	sing		Dude			nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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, the singer played and he vanished like northern lights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 played	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 played	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 singer	det
4	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 played	nsubj
5	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 vanished	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 vanished	nsubj
8	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 played	conj
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 lights	case
10	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lights	amod
11	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 vanished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the singer						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	vanish	past	singer					like northern lights	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nah, the singer stopped early and the king just wandered off back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 stopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 singer	det
4	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stopped	nsubj
5	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 stopped	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wandered	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wandered	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 wandered	advmod
11	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stopped	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 wandered	compound:prt
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 wandered	advmod
14	home	home	ADV	_	11 wandered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	the singer					early property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	wander off	past	the king					home property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Nope, the king stayed put and ate some bread with the crew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 put	nsubj:pass
5	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 put	aux:pass
6	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ate	cc
8	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 put	conj
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 bread	det
10	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ate	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 crew	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 crew	det
13	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · passive		the king					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
2	eat	past		some bread				with the crew	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient

Option 4

Yeah, the singer strummed his harp for hours and the king just faded into the mist like frost in the morning sun, dude

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 strummed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 strummed	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 singer	det
4	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strummed	nsubj
5	strummed	strum	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 harp	nmod:poss
7	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strummed	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 hours	case
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 strummed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 faded	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 faded	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 faded	advmod
14	faded	fade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 strummed	conj
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 mist	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mist	det
17	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 faded	obl
18	like	like	ADP	_	19 frost	case
19	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mist	nmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 sun	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 sun	det
22	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sun	compound
23	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 faded	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 dude	punct
25	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sun	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strum	past	the singer	singer's harp			hour		tree rules
2	fade	past	the king			the mist like frost		in the morning sun and dude	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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