Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…
Why were the tulips looking well mad?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tulips · What happens: look
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 looking | advmod |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 looking | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tulips | det |
| 4 | tulips | tulip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 looking | nsubj |
| 5 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 mad | advmod |
| 7 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 looking | xcomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 looking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past · progressive | the tulips | mad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: 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
Cause the lark ignored them and they were annoyed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lark | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lark | det |
| 3 | lark | lark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ignored | nsubj |
| 4 | ignored | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ignored | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 annoyed | cc |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 annoyed | nsubj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 annoyed | cop |
| 9 | annoyed | annoyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ignored | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | infinitive | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 2 | ignore | past | the Cause lark | them = they | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | they | annoyed property | tree rules |
Option 2
Cause the lark came down to the daisy instead and they were super vexed about it all day long
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lark | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lark | det |
| 3 | lark | lark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 daisy | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 daisy | det |
| 8 | daisy | daisy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 vexed | cc |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 vexed | nsubj |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 vexed | aux:pass |
| 13 | super | super | ADV | _ | 14 vexed | advmod |
| 14 | vexed | vex | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 came | conj |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 vexed | obl |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 day | det |
| 18 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 vexed | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 vexed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | infinitive | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 2 | come down | past | the Cause lark | the daisy | down, instead property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to daisy=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | vex | past · passive | they | day | about lark; long, super property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 3
Cause the lark ignored them completely and went straight to the little daisy in the ditch by the road
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lark | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lark | det |
| 3 | lark | lark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ignored | nsubj |
| 4 | ignored | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ignored | obj |
| 6 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 4 ignored | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 went | cc |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ignored | conj |
| 9 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 13 daisy | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 daisy | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 daisy | det |
| 12 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 daisy | amod |
| 13 | daisy | daisy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 ditch | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 ditch | det |
| 16 | ditch | ditch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 road | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 road | det |
| 19 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | infinitive | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 2 | ignore | past | the Cause lark | them = they | completely property | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 3 | go | past | the Cause lark not said here | the ditch | to the little daisy; by the road | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to daisy=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Cause the lark ignored them and they were vexed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ignored | ccomp |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lark | det |
| 3 | lark | lark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ignored | nsubj |
| 4 | ignored | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ignored | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 vexed | cc |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 vexed | nsubj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 vexed | aux:pass |
| 9 | vexed | vex | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ignored | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | infinitive | the lark not said here | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | ignore | past | the lark | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | vex | past · passive | they | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
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