Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

Were the ravens hungry, or what?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ravens · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hungry	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ravens	det
3	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hungry	nsubj
4	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 what	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 what	cc
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 hungry	conj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hungry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the ravens					hungry property	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

Dunno, they just sat there, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dunno	dunno	INTJ	_	5 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dunno	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sat	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 sat	advmod
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 sat	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	they			there		mate vocative	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nah, they cawed for scraps, bro, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 cawed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cawed	nsubj
4	cawed	caw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 scraps	case
6	scraps	scrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cawed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bro	punct
8	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scraps	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cawed	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 cawed	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	caw	past	they					for scraps and bro	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Grub, grub, they cried, straight up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grub	grub	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cried	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 grub	punct
3	grub	grub	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grub	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Grub	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cried	nsubj
6	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 up	punct
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 up	advmod
9	up	up	ADV	_	6 cried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	Grub	Grub and grub					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, super hungry, they kept screaming for food over the frozen buried town all day long

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hungry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hungry	punct
3	super	super	ADV	_	4 hungry	advmod
4	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 kept	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kept	nsubj
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hungry	conj
8	screaming	scream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 kept	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 screaming	obl
11	over	over	ADP	_	15 town	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 town	det
13	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 town	amod
14	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 town	amod
15	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 screaming	obl
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 day	det
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 screaming	obl:unmarked
18	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 hungry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	they				tree rules
2	scream speech: express	gerund	they not said here	the frozen buried town	day	for food	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over town=Location
3	freeze	participle					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	bury	participle					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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