Test 8 · ★ · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…
who's delivering the invites, the raven or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: deliver · To what, where: invites
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 delivering | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 delivering | aux |
| 3 | delivering | deliver | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 invites | det |
| 5 | invites | invite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 delivering | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 raven | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 raven | det |
| 8 | raven | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invites | appos |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 what | cc |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 raven | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 delivering | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deliver | present · progressive | the invites | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invite=Patient |
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
Nah, the goblin's sons are doing the invites, the lazy lot, and they're riding the wolves down the hill
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 doing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 goblin | det |
| 4 | goblin | goblin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sons | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 goblin | case |
| 6 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 doing | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 doing | aux |
| 8 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 invites | det |
| 10 | invites | invite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 doing | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 lot | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lot | det |
| 13 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lot | amod |
| 14 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 invites | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 riding | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 riding | cc |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 riding | nsubj |
| 18 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 riding | aux |
| 19 | riding | ride | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 doing | advcl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 wolves | det |
| 21 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 riding | obj |
| 22 | down | down | ADP | _ | 24 hill | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 hill | det |
| 24 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 riding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · progressive | the goblin's sons | the invites and the lazy lot | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invite=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | ride | present · progressive | sons = son | the wolves | the hill | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme down hill=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the night-raven, croaky fella
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 raven | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 raven | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 raven | det |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 raven | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 night | punct |
| 6 | raven | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fella | punct |
| 8 | croaky | croaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fella | amod |
| 9 | fella | fella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 raven | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yeah, the big goose, feathery bloke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 goose | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 goose | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 goose | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 goose | amod |
| 5 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bloke | punct |
| 7 | feathery | feathery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bloke | amod |
| 8 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 goose | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yeah, the night-raven, the croaky fella with the black wings, and he's bringing the merman too
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 raven | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 raven | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 raven | det |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 raven | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 night | punct |
| 6 | raven | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fella | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fella | det |
| 9 | croaky | croaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 fella | amod |
| 10 | fella | fella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 raven | conj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 wings | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 wings | det |
| 13 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 wings | amod |
| 14 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 fella | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 bringing | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 bringing | cc |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 bringing | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 bringing | aux |
| 19 | bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 raven | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 merman | det |
| 21 | merman | merman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 bringing | obj |
| 22 | too | too | ADV | _ | 19 bringing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | present · progressive | he | the merman | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent merman=Theme |
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