Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin…
The sixth sister reckoned she was gutted, didn't she? Why?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sixth sister, sister · What happens: reckon, gut, not do · To what, where: sister
This is test 4 · ★ 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: The sixth sister reckoned she was gutted, didn't she?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sister | det |
| 2 | sixth | sixth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gutted | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 gutted | aux:pass |
| 7 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reckoned | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 did | punct |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | parataxis |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 did | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 did | nsubj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | the sixth sister | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | gut | past · passive | sister | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | |||||
| 3 | not do | past | sister | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
She had to cook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 cook | mark |
| 4 | cook | cook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cook | to-infinitive | She not said here | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
She had to stitch a shroud for the goblin's sons and their dogs too
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 stitch | mark |
| 4 | stitch | stitch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 shroud | det |
| 6 | shroud | shroud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stitch | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 sons | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 goblin | det |
| 9 | goblin | goblin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sons | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 goblin | case |
| 11 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stitch | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 dogs | cc |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 dogs | nmod:poss |
| 14 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sons | conj |
| 15 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 stitch | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | stitch | to-infinitive | She not said here | a shroud | for the goblin's sons and sons's dogs | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent shroud=Material for son=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She had to sew her grave clothes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 sew | mark |
| 4 | sew | sew | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | grave | grave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 clothes | amod |
| 7 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 4 sew | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sew | to-infinitive | She not said here | her grave clothes | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
She had to wash the dishes all day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 wash | mark |
| 4 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dishes | det |
| 6 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wash | obj |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wash | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | wash | to-infinitive | She not said here | the dishes | day | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Patient |
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