Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…

Oi, why's the daisy even chilling in a ditch, mate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi · What happens: be · To what, where: ditch

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 811 «Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a poor daisy while the proud flowers sulk» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chilling	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 chilling	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 chilling	advmod
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 chilling	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 daisy	det
6	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chilling	nsubj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 chilling	advmod
8	chilling	chill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 ditch	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 ditch	det
11	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chilling	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mate	punct
13	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ditch	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 chilling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Oi			a ditch and mate		chill 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 · ← Mova's choice

Cause it's happy in the sun and don't mind who sees it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 happy	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happy	cop
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cause	ccomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happy	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mind	cc
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 mind	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 mind	advmod
11	mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	conj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 sees	nsubj
13	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mind	ccomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	present	it		the sun	happy property	tree rules
3	not mind	infinitive · do-support	you not said here				vn care-88.1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	see	present		sun			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cause it's happy in the sun, don't care nobody clocks it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 happy	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happy	cop
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cause	ccomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happy	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 care	punct
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 care	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 care	advmod
11	care	care	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	conj
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 clocks	compound
13	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 care	obj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 care	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	present	it		the sun	happy property	tree rules
3	not care	infinitive · do-support	you not said here	nobody clocks		sun obl	tree rules

Option 3

Cause it's happy in the sun, don't care nobody clocks it, and it's dead cool like that, innit

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 happy	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happy	cop
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cause	ccomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happy	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 care	punct
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 care	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 care	advmod
11	care	care	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	conj
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 clocks	compound
13	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 care	obj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 care	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cool	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 cool	cc
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 cool	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 cool	cop
19	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 cool	amod
20	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cause	parataxis
21	like	like	ADP	_	22 that	case
22	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 cool	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 innit	punct
24	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	present	it		the sun	happy property	tree rules
3	not care	infinitive · do-support	you not said here	nobody clocks		sun obl	tree rules
4	is	present	sun			like that; cool property	tree rules
5	innit	infinitive	you not said here				tree rules

Option 4

Cause the ditch is the best spot for sun, and the posh flowers can't see it anyway, mate, so whatever

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ditch	det
3	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spot	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 spot	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spot	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 spot	amod
7	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cause	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 sun	case
9	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spot	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 see	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 see	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 flowers	det
13	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 flowers	amod
14	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 see	nsubj
15	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 see	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 see	advmod
17	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Cause	parataxis
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 see	obj
19	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	17 see	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 mate	punct
21	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 see	parataxis
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 whatever	punct
23	so	so	ADV	_	24 whatever	advmod
24	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here	whatever		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition whatever=Patient
2	is a	present	the ditch	the best spot	for sun	tree rules
3	not see	can	the posh flowers	ditch	anyway property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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