Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…

Did you see the lark swoop down, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, lark · What happens: see, swoop down, innit · To what, where: lark

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 see	nsubj
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lark	det
5	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
6	swoop	swoop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 see	xcomp
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 swoop	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 swoop	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	you	the lark	tree rules
2	swoop down	infinitive	the lark not said here		tree rules
3	innit	infinitive	the lark not said here		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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it went straight for the daisy, not the posh flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 daisy	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 daisy	det
8	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 flowers	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 flowers	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 flowers	det
12	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 flowers	amod
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 daisy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	it					for the daisy and the posh flowers; straight property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for daisy=Beneficiary

Option 2

Yeah, it dived for the daisy, not the fancy flowers, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dived	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dived	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dived	nsubj
4	dived	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 daisy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 daisy	det
7	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dived	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 flowers	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 flowers	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flowers	det
11	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 flowers	amod
12	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 daisy	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mate	punct
14	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 daisy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive	past	it					for the daisy and the fancy flowers and mate	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for daisy=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, it swooped at the daisy and ignored the posh lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swooped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swooped	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swooped	nsubj
4	swooped	swoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 daisy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 daisy	det
7	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swooped	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ignored	cc
9	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swooped	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lot	det
11	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lot	amod
12	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ignored	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swoop	past	it			the daisy			tree rules
2	ignore	past		the posh lot					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, it swooped right down to the daisy in the ditch, not the posh flowers in the garden bed, and kissed it

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swooped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swooped	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swooped	nsubj
4	swooped	swoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	6 down	advmod
6	down	down	ADV	_	4 swooped	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 daisy	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 daisy	det
9	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swooped	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 ditch	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ditch	det
12	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swooped	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 flowers	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 flowers	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 flowers	det
16	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 flowers	amod
17	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ditch	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 bed	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bed	det
20	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 bed	compound
21	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 flowers	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 kissed	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 kissed	cc
24	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swooped	conj
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 kissed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swoop	past	it			the ditch and the posh flowers in the garden bed		to the daisy; down property	tree rules
2	kiss	past		bed					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent

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