Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Darning Needle: the proud needle is…

wait, so the thumb just sits there being short, lol?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, thumb · What happens: wait, sit, be

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sits	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 sits	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thumb	det
5	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sits	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 sits	advmod
7	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 sits	advmod
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 short	cop
10	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sits	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 short	punct
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sit	present	the thumb	there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	gerund	the thumb not said here		short property	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, the thumb is basically a dinky little soldier stuck at home with the whole family

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	10 soldier	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thumb	det
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 soldier	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 soldier	cop
6	basically	basically	ADV	_	10 soldier	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 soldier	det
8	dinky	dinky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 soldier	amod
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 soldier	amod
10	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 soldier	acl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 home	case
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stuck	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 family	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 family	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 family	amod
17	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the thumb	a dinky little soldier				basically property	tree rules
2	stick	participle		a dinky little soldier not said here				with the whole family; at home	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent at home=Theme with family=Instrument

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the thumb is basically a dinky little soldier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	10 soldier	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thumb	det
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 soldier	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 soldier	cop
6	basically	basically	ADV	_	10 soldier	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 soldier	det
8	dinky	dinky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 soldier	amod
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 soldier	amod
10	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the thumb	a dinky little soldier				basically property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, the thumb is basically a dinky little soldier who never gets to go to war, mate

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	10 soldier	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thumb	det
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 soldier	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 soldier	cop
6	basically	basically	ADV	_	10 soldier	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 soldier	det
8	dinky	dinky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 soldier	amod
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 soldier	amod
10	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 gets	nsubj
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 gets	advmod
13	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 soldier	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 go	mark
15	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 gets	xcomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 war	case
17	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 mate	punct
19	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 soldier	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the thumb	a dinky little soldier and mate		basically property	tree rules
2	not get	present	a dinky little soldier and mate				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	go	to-infinitive	a dinky little soldier and mate not said here		war		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial_Location

Option 4

nah, the thumb is a proper big fighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 fighter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thumb	det
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fighter	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fighter	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fighter	det
7	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fighter	amod
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fighter	amod
9	fighter	fighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the thumb	a proper big fighter					tree rules

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