Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by…

why was everyone rushing to the Exhibition, like what's the big deal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone · What happens: rush, be · To what, where: big deal

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 815 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by lightning, and the Dryad hears of the Paris Exhibition and its doom» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 rushing	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rushing	aux
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 rushing	nsubj
4	rushing	rush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Exhibition	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Exhibition	det
7	Exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rushing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 deal	punct
9	like	like	SCONJ	_	14 deal	mark
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 deal	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 deal	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 deal	det
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 deal	amod
14	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rushing	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 rushing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	past · progressive	everyone					to the Exhibition result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to exhibition=Result
2	is a	present		the big deal					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 · ← Mova's choice

it was a brand new marvel that pulled in people from around

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 marvel	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 marvel	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 marvel	det
4	brand	brand	ADV	_	5 new	advmod
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 marvel	amod
6	marvel	marvel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 pulled	nsubj
8	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 marvel	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 people	case
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pulled	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 around	case
12	around	around	ADV	_	8 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a new marvel					tree rules
2	pull	past	a new marvel					in people	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from around=Co-Patient

Option 2

just a fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	just	just	ADV	_	3 fair	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fair	det
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

it was a wicked new wonder that drew folk from every country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wonder	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wonder	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wonder	det
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wonder	amod
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wonder	amod
6	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 drew	nsubj
8	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wonder	acl:relcl
9	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drew	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 country	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 country	det
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a wicked new wonder					tree rules
2	draw	past	a wicked new wonder	folk		every country			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent folk=Theme from country=Initial_Location

Option 4

they wanted to see the new hall and the machines inside

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 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hall	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hall	amod
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 machines	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 machines	det
10	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wanted	conj
11	inside	inside	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they					inside property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	the new hall					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hall=Stimulus

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