Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

Wait, the bird never dies? Like, ever?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, bird · What happens: wait, not die

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Wait, the bird never dies?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dies	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dies	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 dies	advmod
6	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
7	?	?	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	not die	present	the bird						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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.

Sentence 2: Like, ever?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	INTJ	_	3 ever	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Like	punct
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 ever	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Kinda, it goes quiet in the snow, bro, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	_	4 goes	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Kinda	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 goes	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 snow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snow	det
8	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 goes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
10	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 snow	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 goes	punct
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 goes	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	it			the snow and bro		kinda, quiet property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in snow=Location

Option 2

Never, bro, it's the Bird of Popular Song, it flies over the moor and the castles and the sea, forever

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 bro	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Never	punct
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flies	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Bird	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Bird	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Bird	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Bird	det
8	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bro	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Song	case
10	Popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Song	amod
11	Song	Song	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Bird	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 flies	nsubj
14	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	over	over	ADP	_	17 moor	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 moor	det
17	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flies	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 castles	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 castles	det
20	castles	castle	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 moor	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 sea	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 sea	det
23	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 moor	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 flies	punct
25	forever	forever	ADV	_	14 flies	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	bro	the Bird				of Popular Song	tree rules
2	fly	present	bro	bro		the moor and the castles and the sea		forever property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over moor=Location

Option 3

Never, fam, it just keeps singing forever, it's the Bird of Popular Song, no cap, trust me

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 fam	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Never	punct
3	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 fam	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keeps	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 keeps	advmod
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keeps	xcomp
9	forever	forever	ADV	_	8 singing	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Bird	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 Bird	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 Bird	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Bird	det
14	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Song	case
16	Popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Song	amod
17	Song	Song	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Bird	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cap	punct
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 cap	det
20	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 Song	appos
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 trust	punct
22	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 keeps	conj
23	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 trust	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	present	fam			tree rules
2	sing speech: express	gerund	fam not said here		forever property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	fam	the Bird	of Popular Song	tree rules
4	trust	infinitive	fam not said here	me		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Never, fam, it's the Bird of Popular Song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 fam	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Never	punct
3	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Bird	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 fam	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Bird	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Bird	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Bird	det
8	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Song	case
10	Popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Song	amod
11	Song	Song	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Bird	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	fam	the Bird				of Popular Song	tree rules

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