Test 6 · ★ · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…

ok, lizards in the tree gossiping, what were they on about?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tree, lizards · What happens: gossip, be · To what, where: lizards

This is test 6 · ★ 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	3 lizards	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ok	punct
3	lizards	lizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 they	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 tree	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lizards	nmod
7	gossiping	gossip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 tree	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 they	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 they	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 they	cop
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	root	root
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 about	case
13	about	about	ADV	_	11 they	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 they	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gossip speech: other	gerund	the tree not said here						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	lizards in the tree	lizards = lizard					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 · ✓ the right answer

Loads of buzzing at the elfin hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	3 buzzing	mark
3	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Loads	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 hill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
6	elfin	elfin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hill	compound
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 buzzing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	gerund	Loads not said here					at the elfin hill	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at hill=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They were gossiping about the elf king's wedding feast and the odd smell coming from the old tree roots

The tree, 20 words

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	3 gossiping	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gossiping	aux
3	gossiping	gossip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	10 feast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
6	elf	elf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 king	compound
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feast	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feast	compound
10	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gossiping	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 smell	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 smell	det
13	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 smell	amod
14	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feast	conj
15	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 smell	acl
16	from	from	ADP	_	20 roots	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 roots	det
18	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 roots	amod
19	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 roots	compound
20	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gossip speech: other	past · progressive	They					about the elf king's wedding feast and the odd smell	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about feast=Topic
2	come	gerund	the odd smell not said here			the old tree roots			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from root=Initial_Location

Option 3

Loads of chatter about the goblin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 chatter	case
3	chatter	chatter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Loads	nmod
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 goblin	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goblin	det
6	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chatter	nmod

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

Option 4

Loads of buzzing and rumbling at the elfin hill, which kept the first one awake all night long

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 kept	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 buzzing	case
3	buzzing	buzzing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Loads	nmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rumbling	cc
5	rumbling	rumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 buzzing	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 hill	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hill	det
8	elfin	elfin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hill	compound
9	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rumbling	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 kept	nsubj
12	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 one	det
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 one	amod
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kept	obj
16	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 kept	xcomp
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kept	obl:unmarked
19	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rumble	gerund	Loads of buzzing not said here			the elfin hill			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at hill=Location
2	keep	past	Loads of buzzing	the first one			night	awake, long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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