Test 4 · ★ · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…
so did he die from the nasty smell or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: die · To what, where: nasty smell
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 die | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 die | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 die | nsubj |
| 4 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 smell | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 smell | det |
| 7 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 smell | amod |
| 8 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 die | obl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 what | cc |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 smell | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 die | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past · do-support | he | the nasty smell | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from smell=Causer |
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
Yeah, folks thought the spirits got him, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | folks | folk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 spirits | det |
| 6 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 got | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 innit | punct |
| 10 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | folks | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | past | the spirits | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
Nah, people reckoned it was the poison, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 poison | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 poison | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 poison | det |
| 8 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bruv | punct |
| 10 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 poison | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | people | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | the poison and bruv | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, everyone reckoned the sweet jasmine smell did him in, proper deadly, and the pot got smashed too
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 smell | det |
| 6 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 smell | amod |
| 7 | jasmine | jasmine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 smell | compound |
| 8 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 did | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADV | _ | 9 did | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 deadly | punct |
| 13 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 14 deadly | advmod |
| 14 | deadly | deadly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reckoned | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 smashed | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 smashed | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 pot | det |
| 18 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 smashed | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 smashed | aux:pass |
| 20 | smashed | smash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reckoned | conj |
| 21 | too | too | ADV | _ | 20 smashed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | everyone | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do | past | the sweet jasmine smell | him = he | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | smash | past · passive | the pot | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, people reckoned the jasmine scent did him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 did | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 scent | det |
| 6 | jasmine | jasmine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scent | compound |
| 7 | scent | scent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reckoned | obj |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | people | the jasmine scent | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent scent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | do | past | him = he | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |
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