Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Darning Needle: the proud needle is…

so is the wooden horse some kind of toy?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: wooden horse

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 813 «Andersen's Tales, The Darning Needle: the proud needle is tossed into a gutter, sails in an egg-shell, and is crushed by a cart.» 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 horse	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 horse	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horse	det
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 horse	amod
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 horse	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 toy	case
9	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 horse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the wooden horse					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 · ✓ the right answer

nah, it's a cruel punishment, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 punishment	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 punishment	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 punishment	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 punishment	det
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 punishment	amod
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mate	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 punishment	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a cruel punishment				mate vocative	tree rules

Option 2

nah, it's a cruel punishment that the robbers use on prisoners, mate

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 punishment	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 punishment	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 punishment	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 punishment	det
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 punishment	amod
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 use	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 robbers	det
10	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 use	nsubj
11	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 punishment	advcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 prisoners	case
13	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 use	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mate	punct
15	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 punishment	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a cruel punishment				mate vocative	tree rules
2	use	present	the robbers			prisoners			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, it's a sort of wooden toy horse that kids ride in the park, bruv

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sort	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sort	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sort	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sort	det
6	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 horse	case
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 horse	amod
9	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 horse	compound
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sort	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 ride	obj
12	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ride	nsubj
13	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 horse	acl:relcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 park	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 park	det
16	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ride	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 bruv	punct
18	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sort	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a sort and bruv				of wooden toy horse	tree rules
2	ride	present	kids	wooden toy horse		the park			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme

Option 4

nah, it's a cute little toy, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 toy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 toy	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 toy	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 toy	det
6	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 toy	amod
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 toy	amod
8	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 toy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a cute little toy and mate					tree rules

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