Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Darning Needle: the proud needle is…

fam, why'd the boys even go in that dirty gutter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boys · What happens: go · To what, where: dirty gutter

This is test 3 · ★ 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	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 go	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boys	det
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 go	nsubj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 fam	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 gutter	case
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 gutter	det
11	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gutter	amod
12	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 fam	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the boys			that dirty gutter			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in gutter=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

they were on the hunt for nails and farthings, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hunt	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hunt	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 hunt	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hunt	det
5	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 nails	case
7	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hunt	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 farthings	cc
9	farthings	farthing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 nails	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hunt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they			the hunt and innit		for nails and farthings	tree rules

Option 2

they were rummaging for nails and farthings all along the dirty gutter, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rummaging	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rummaging	aux
3	rummaging	rummage	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 nails	case
5	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rummaging	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 farthings	cc
7	farthings	farthing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 nails	conj
8	all	all	ADV	_	12 gutter	advmod
9	along	along	ADP	_	12 gutter	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gutter	det
11	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gutter	amod
12	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rummaging	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
14	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gutter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rummage	past · progressive	they			the dirty gutter and innit		for nails and farthings	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for nail=Theme along gutter=Location

Option 3

they wanted to find some old buttons, mate, honest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 find	mark
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 buttons	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 buttons	amod
7	buttons	button	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 find	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mate	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buttons	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 honest	punct
11	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wanted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	find not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	some old buttons					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Topic

Option 4

they were on the hunt for nails and farthings and old tin cans, innit, lol

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hunt	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hunt	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 hunt	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hunt	det
5	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 nails	case
7	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hunt	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 farthings	cc
9	farthings	farthing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 nails	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cans	cc
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cans	amod
12	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cans	compound
13	cans	can	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 nails	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	INTJ	_	5 hunt	discourse
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
17	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 hunt	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they			the hunt		for nails and farthings and old tin cans	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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