Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the…

Why's the brother going mental about the flower-pot?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother · What happens: be, go

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 821 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the lover is murdered and the sister keeps his head» 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=Rel	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brother	det
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
5	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 brother	acl
6	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 going	xcomp
7	about	about	ADP	_	11 pot	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pot	det
9	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pot	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 flower	punct
11	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mental	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the brother					why property	tree rules
2	go	gerund	the brother not said here					mental property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

he thinks she's been bewitched by some elf nonsense

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bewitched	nsubj:pass
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bewitched	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 bewitched	aux:pass
6	bewitched	bewitch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thinks	ccomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 nonsense	case
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 nonsense	det
9	elf	elf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nonsense	compound
10	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bewitched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	bewitch	present · passive	some elf nonsense	she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 2

he thinks she's lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lying	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lying	aux
5	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lie	present · progressive	she						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

he reckons she's pining for the lad and wants to run off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pining	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pining	aux
5	pining	pine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reckons	ccomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 lad	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lad	det
8	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pining	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wants	cc
10	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 run	mark
12	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wants	xcomp
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 run	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	he		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	pine	present · progressive	she	for the lad	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for lad=Theme
3	want	present	he not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	run off not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he thinks she's going mad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 going	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thinks	ccomp
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 going	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	go	present · progressive	she					mad property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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