Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by…

why was the Dryad moaning, all sad and that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: Dryad moaning

This is test 8 · ★ 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	5 moaning	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 moaning	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 moaning	det
4	Dryad	Dryad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 moaning	compound
5	moaning	moaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sad	punct
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 sad	det
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 moaning	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 that	cc
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 sad	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 moaning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Dryad moaning					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

because she was lonely and missed the painter who left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	4 lonely	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lonely	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lonely	cop
4	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 missed	cc
6	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lonely	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 painter	det
8	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 missed	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 left	nsubj
10	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 painter	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		lonely property	tree rules
2	miss	past	she not said here	the painter		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer painter=Stimulus
3	leave	past	the painter			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

because she wanted to see the Exhibition and it made her restless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Exhibition	det
7	Exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 made	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	obj
12	restless	restless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	she			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	the Exhibition		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer exhibition=Stimulus
3	make	past	Exhibition	her = she	restless property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material she=Product

Option 3

because the storm had broken her tree and she was grieving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 broken	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 broken	aux
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 tree	nmod:poss
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grieving	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 grieving	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 grieving	aux
11	grieving	grieve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 broken	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · perfect · passive		the storm					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient tree=Result
2	grieve	past · progressive	she						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

because she wanted to see the Exhibition and it made her restless, so she begged the voice to let her go to the city

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 begged	advcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Exhibition	det
7	Exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 made	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	obj
12	restless	restless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 made	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 begged	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 begged	advmod
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 begged	nsubj
16	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 voice	det
18	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 begged	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 let	mark
20	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 begged	ccomp
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 let	obj
22	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 let	xcomp
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 city	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 city	det
25	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	she				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	the Exhibition			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer exhibition=Stimulus
3	make	past	Exhibition	her = she		restless property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material she=Product
4	beg speech: request	past	she	the voice			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent voice=Recipient clause=Topic
5	let not said to happen	to-infinitive		her = she			tree rules
6	go	infinitive	her = she not said here		the city		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to city=Initial_Location

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