Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…
Yo, how's the sea at the convent?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: sea, convent
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 6 sea | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 sea | advmod |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sea | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 convent | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 convent | det |
| 9 | convent | convent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sea | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 sea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the sea | the convent | 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
Super loud, bro, the North Sea is roaring like a lion on the western coast, honestly
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super | super | ADV | _ | 2 loud | advmod |
| 2 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bro | punct |
| 4 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loud | vocative |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 roaring | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Sea | det |
| 7 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Sea | compound |
| 8 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 roaring | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 roaring | aux |
| 10 | roaring | roar | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 loud | conj |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 lion | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 lion | det |
| 13 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 roaring | obl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 coast | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 coast | det |
| 16 | western | western | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 coast | amod |
| 17 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 roaring | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 honestly | punct |
| 19 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 10 roaring | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roar | present · progressive | the North Sea | the western coast | like a lion; honestly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coast=Location |
Option 2
Roaring, the Wester-wow-wow, loud as anything, crashing on the sand dunes all through the night
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roaring | roar | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 loud | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Roaring | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Wester | det |
| 4 | Wester | Wester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 loud | nsubj |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 wow | punct |
| 6 | wow | wow | INTJ | _ | 8 wow | discourse |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 wow | punct |
| 8 | wow | wow | INTJ | _ | 10 loud | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 loud | punct |
| 10 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 anything | case |
| 12 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 loud | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 crashing | punct |
| 14 | crashing | crash | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 loud | advcl |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 dunes | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 dunes | det |
| 17 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 dunes | compound |
| 18 | dunes | dune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 crashing | obl |
| 19 | all | all | ADV | _ | 22 night | advmod |
| 20 | through | through | ADP | _ | 22 night | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 night | det |
| 22 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 crashing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roar | gerund | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | crash | gerund | the sand dunes | night | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on dune=Location |
Option 3
Still and flat, the sea is calm, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Still | still | ADV | _ | 8 calm | advmod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 flat | cc |
| 3 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Still | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Still | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 calm | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 calm | cop |
| 8 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 mate | amod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 calm | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the sea | still | calm property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Roaring, the Wester-wow-wow, loud as anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roaring | roar | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 loud | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Roaring | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Wester | det |
| 4 | Wester | Wester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 loud | nsubj |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 wow | punct |
| 6 | wow | wow | INTJ | _ | 8 wow | discourse |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 wow | punct |
| 8 | wow | wow | INTJ | _ | 10 loud | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 loud | punct |
| 10 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 anything | case |
| 12 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 loud | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roar | gerund | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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