Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Darning Needle: the proud needle is…

wicked, so the needle went sailing in an egg-shell?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: needle · What happens: go, sail · To what, where: egg shell

This is test 4 · ★ 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	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 went	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 needle	det
5	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wicked	conj
7	sailing	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 went	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 shell	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shell	det
10	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shell	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 egg	punct
12	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sailing	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the needle						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sail	gerund	the needle not said here			a egg shell			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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

yeah, like a proper little boat that the boys pushed down the gutter, mate

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 boat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 boat	punct
3	like	like	ADP	_	7 boat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boat	det
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boat	amod
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boat	amod
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pushed	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 pushed	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boys	det
10	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pushed	nsubj
11	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 pushed	compound:prt
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gutter	det
14	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pushed	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mate	punct
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gutter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push down	past	the boys	the gutter and mate				like a proper little boat	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gutter=Theme

Option 2

nah, she was floated in a tiny little hollow egg-shell like a pirate ship, mate

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 floated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 floated	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 floated	aux:pass
5	floated	float	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	13 shell	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 shell	det
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shell	amod
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shell	amod
10	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shell	amod
11	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shell	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 egg	punct
13	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 floated	obl
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 ship	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 ship	det
16	pirate	pirate	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ship	compound
17	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shell	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 mate	punct
19	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	past · passive		she		a tiny little hollow egg shell like a pirate ship and mate			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in shell=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

nah, she got put in a wooden cart, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 put	nsubj
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux:pass
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 cart	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cart	det
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cart	amod
9	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cart	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · passive		she					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset cart=Goal

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, like a proper little boat, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 boat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 boat	punct
3	like	like	ADP	_	7 boat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boat	det
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boat	amod
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boat	amod
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mate	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 boat	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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