Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin…
Is the old goblin's kiss at the party a bit awkward? Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: kiss, party
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 823 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin visits, and the seven daughters show their skills» 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
Sentence 1: Is the old goblin's kiss at the party a bit awkward?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 kiss | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 goblin | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 goblin | amod |
| 4 | goblin | goblin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kiss | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 goblin | case |
| 6 | kiss | kiss | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 party | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 party | det |
| 9 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kiss | nmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bit | det |
| 11 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 awkward | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | awkward | awkward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 party | amod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 kiss | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the old goblin's kiss | the party | 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.
Sentence 2: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They were almost strangers to each other
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 | 4 strangers | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 strangers | cop |
| 3 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 4 strangers | advmod |
| 4 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 each | case |
| 6 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 4 strangers | obl |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 each | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | They | strangers | to each; almost property | tree rules |
Option 2
They were strangers
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 strangers | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 strangers | cop |
| 3 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | They | strangers | tree rules |
Option 3
They had been married for years
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 | 4 married | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 married | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 married | aux:pass |
| 4 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 years | case |
| 6 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 married | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | past · perfect · passive | They | year | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
They had a fight at the table
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 | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fight | det |
| 4 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 table | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 table | det |
| 7 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | They | a fight | the table | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Patient |
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