Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…
Wait, so the daisy's centre looks like gold?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, centre · What happens: wait, look
This is test 10 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 looks | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 looks | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 daisy | det |
| 5 | daisy | daisy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 centre | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 daisy | case |
| 7 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 looks | nsubj |
| 8 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 gold | case |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 looks | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | 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 | look | present | the daisy's centre | like gold | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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
Yeah, golden heart and silver petals, it said
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 heart | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heart | punct |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 heart | amod |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | ccomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 petals | cc |
| 6 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 petals | compound |
| 7 | petals | petal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 heart | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heart | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yeah, gold heart, silver dress, the lark said so, and the petals shine like silver in the sun
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 heart | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heart | punct |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heart | compound |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 dress | punct |
| 6 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dress | amod |
| 7 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heart | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heart | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lark | det |
| 10 | lark | lark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 said | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 shine | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 shine | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 petals | det |
| 16 | petals | petal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 shine | nsubj |
| 17 | shine | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 18 | like | like | ADP | _ | 19 silver | case |
| 19 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 shine | obl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 sun | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 sun | det |
| 22 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 shine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the lark | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | shine | present | the petals | the sun | like silver | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location |
Option 3
Yeah, it's a gold heart with a silver dress, the lark said so, and the tulips never saw it at all
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 heart | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 heart | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 heart | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 heart | det |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heart | compound |
| 7 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 said | nsubj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 dress | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 dress | det |
| 10 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 dress | amod |
| 11 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heart | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lark | det |
| 14 | lark | lark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 said | nsubj |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 said | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 saw | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 saw | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 tulips | det |
| 20 | tulips | tulip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 saw | nsubj |
| 21 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 22 saw | advmod |
| 22 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | conj |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 saw | obj |
| 24 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 all | case |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 saw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a gold heart | with a silver dress | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | a gold heart | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not see | past | the tulips | lark | all | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, gold heart, silver dress, the lark said so
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 heart | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heart | punct |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heart | compound |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 dress | punct |
| 6 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dress | amod |
| 7 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heart | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heart | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lark | det |
| 10 | lark | lark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 said | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the lark | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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