Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, par…

Did the bird just hang out in the wall doing nothing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bird, wall · What happens: hang out, do · To what, where: wall, nothing

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 833 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, part 44: Inge is freed as a little bird, does good deeds all winter, and turns white» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hang	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hang	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 hang	advmod
5	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 hang	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hang	obl
10	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 wall	acl
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 doing	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang out	past · do-support	the bird			the wall			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wall=Location
2	do	gerund	the wall not said here	nothing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

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

Nah, it found the air and moonlight dope, but it spent most of the winter hiding inside the old church tower

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dope	cc
8	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dope	compound
9	dope	dope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 air	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 spent	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 spent	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 spent	nsubj
13	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj
14	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 spent	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 winter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 winter	det
17	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 most	nmod
18	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 spent	advcl
19	inside	inside	ADP	_	23 tower	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 tower	det
21	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 tower	amod
22	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 tower	compound
23	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	find	past	it	the air and moonlight dope		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Topic
2	spend	past	dope	most of the winter		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Asset
3	hide	gerund	dope not said here		the old church tower	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside tower=Location

Option 2

Nah, it liked the cold moon night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 liked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 liked	nsubj
4	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 night	amod
7	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 night	compound
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	it				night		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

Nah, it found the air and moonlight dope, and it also flew out to see the sea every night

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dope	cc
8	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dope	compound
9	dope	dope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 air	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 flew	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 flew	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 flew	nsubj
13	also	also	ADV	_	14 flew	advmod
14	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 flew	compound:prt
16	to	to	PART	_	17 see	mark
17	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 flew	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 see	obj
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 night	det
21	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 see	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	find	past	it	the air and moonlight dope		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Topic
2	fly out	past	dope			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	to-infinitive	dope not said here	the sea	night	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, it found the air and moonlight dope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dope	cc
8	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dope	compound
9	dope	dope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 air	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	it	the air and moonlight dope					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Topic

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