Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Darning Needle: the proud needle is…

bruv, why'd the servant bother saving her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: bother, save · To what, where: servant, her

This is test 7 · ★ 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bother	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 bother	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 servant	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bother	obl
7	bother	bother	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 bruv	parataxis
8	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 bother	xcomp
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saving	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bruv	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bother	present		the servant					tree rules
2	save	gerund		her = she					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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

cos her family once did a massive favour for his dad, and he's proper grateful, bruv

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 did	mark
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 family	nmod:poss
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 grateful	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 favour	det
7	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 favour	amod
8	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 dad	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 dad	nmod:poss
11	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 favour	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 grateful	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 grateful	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 grateful	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 grateful	cop
16	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 grateful	amod
17	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bruv	punct
19	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 grateful	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	her family	a massive favour				for family's dad; once property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Eventuality
2	is	present	family					grateful property	tree rules

Option 2

cos he wanted to be a hero, mate, yeah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	7 hero	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 hero	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hero	det
7	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mate	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hero	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 wanted	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	cos						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive	cos not said here	a hero and mate					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

her mum's kindness to his dad, that's why

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindness	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mum	case
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 dad	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dad	nmod:poss
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindness	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 why	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 why	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 why	cop
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 kindness	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	her mum's kindness to his dad	her mum's kindness to his dad not said here				why property	tree rules

Option 4

her mum was kind to his dad back in the day, that's why, bruv

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 dad	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dad	nmod:poss
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	obl
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 dad	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 back	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 why	punct
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 why	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 why	cop
15	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 kind	parataxis
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bruv	punct
17	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	her mum					to his dad; kind property	tree rules
2	is	present	that					why property	tree rules

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