Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows st…

no way, the sewers are the wonder of the present time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: way · What happens: be · To what, where: wonder

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 817 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows strangers down into the Paris sewers» 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wonder	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 way	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sewers	det
5	sewers	sewer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wonder	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wonder	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wonder	det
8	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 time	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wonder	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 wonder	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	no way	the wonder			time		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

that's what the man said, it's the big new thing that keeps the whole city healthy and alive

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 what	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 what	cop
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 thing	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 what	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 thing	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 thing	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thing	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 keeps	nsubj
15	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 thing	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 city	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 city	amod
18	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 keeps	obj
19	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 keeps	xcomp
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 alive	cc
21	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 healthy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the man			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	the big new thing		tree rules
4	keep	present	the big new thing	the whole city	healthy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme

Option 2

yes, he said they're the newest marvel of the age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 marvel	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 marvel	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 marvel	det
8	newest	new	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 marvel	amod
9	marvel	marvel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 age	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 age	det
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 marvel	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	they	the newest marvel			of the age		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

that's what the man said, it's the big new thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 what	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 what	cop
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 what	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 thing	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 thing	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thing	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	that		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the man		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	the big new thing	tree rules

Option 4

that's what the man said, he was really proud of the new big thing that everyone talks about

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 what	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 what	cop
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 proud	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 proud	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 proud	cop
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 proud	advmod
11	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 what	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 thing	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 thing	det
14	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 thing	amod
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 thing	amod
16	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 proud	obl
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 talks	nsubj
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	19 talks	nsubj
19	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 thing	acl:relcl
20	about	about	ADV	_	19 talks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the man		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	man	of the new big thing; proud property	tree rules
4	talk about	present	the new big thing	about property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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