Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…
Ngl, the peonies were proper sulking, weren't they?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: peonies · What happens: be, sulk, not be · To what, where: peonies
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Ngl | Ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 proper | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 peonies | det |
| 4 | peonies | peony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 proper | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 proper | cop |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Ngl | amod |
| 7 | sulking | sulk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 proper | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ngl | punct |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 they | cop |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 they | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ngl | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ngl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the peonies | proper property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sulk | gerund | the peonies not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | not is a | past | peonies = peony | 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
Nah, they were fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 fine | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fine | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fine | cop |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
Nah, they were chill, bro, didn't mind the lark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 chill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 chill | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chill | cop |
| 5 | chill | chill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bro | punct |
| 7 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chill | vocative |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mind | punct |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 mind | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 mind | advmod |
| 11 | mind | mind | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 chill | parataxis |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lark | det |
| 13 | lark | lark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mind | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | bro vocative; chill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not mind | past · do-support | the lark | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lark=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, they were, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 bro | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bro | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bro | cop |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bro | punct |
| 6 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | they | bro | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they were sulky, bro, glad they couldn't talk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 sulky | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sulky | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sulky | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sulky | cop |
| 5 | sulky | sulky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bro | punct |
| 7 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sulky | vocative |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 glad | punct |
| 9 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sulky | conj |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 talk | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 talk | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 talk | advmod |
| 13 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 glad | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | bro vocative; sulky property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | they not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | not talk | could | they | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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