Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…

Did the lark reckon the daisy was rubbish?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lark, daisy · What happens: reckon, be · To what, where: rubbish

This is test 8 · ★ 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=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reckon	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lark	det
3	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reckon	nsubj
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 daisy	det
6	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rubbish	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rubbish	cop
8	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reckon	ccomp
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past · do-support	the lark						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the daisy	rubbish					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

Nah, it thought the daisy was lovely and even said it wanted to fly down and sing for the whole garden

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 daisy	det
6	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lovely	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lovely	cop
8	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thought	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 said	cc
10	even	even	ADV	_	11 said	advmod
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lovely	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wanted	nsubj
13	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 said	ccomp
14	to	to	PART	_	15 fly	mark
15	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wanted	xcomp
16	down	down	ADP	_	15 fly	compound:prt
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sing	cc
18	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	22 garden	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 garden	det
21	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 garden	amod
22	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	it		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the daisy	lovely property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past	the daisy not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	want	past	daisy		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	fly down not said to happen	to-infinitive	daisy not said here		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	sing speech: express	present		for the whole garden	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for garden=Recipient

Option 2

Yeah, it thought it was a dull little weed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 weed	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 weed	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 weed	det
8	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 weed	amod
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 weed	amod
10	weed	weed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	it						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	a dull little weed					tree rules

Option 3

Nah, it said the daisy was a lovely little flower and that it was far better than the tulips and peonies

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 daisy	det
6	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flower	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 flower	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 flower	det
9	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 flower	amod
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 flower	amod
11	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 better	cc
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 better	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 better	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 better	cop
16	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 better	advmod
17	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 said	conj
18	than	than	ADP	_	20 tulips	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 tulips	det
20	tulips	tulip	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 better	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 peonies	cc
22	peonies	peony	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 tulips	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	it			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the daisy	a lovely little flower		tree rules
3	is	past	daisy		than the tulips and peonies; far, good property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, it said the daisy was a lovely little flower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 daisy	det
6	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flower	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 flower	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 flower	det
9	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 flower	amod
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 flower	amod
11	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp

#	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
2	is a	past	the daisy	a lovely little flower					tree rules

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