Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, par…
The children thought it was a sea-gull, didn't they?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: children, it · What happens: think, be, not do · To what, where: sea gull · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 children | det |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gull | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 gull | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 gull | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gull | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 sea | punct |
| 9 | gull | gull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thought | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 did | punct |
| 11 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thought | parataxis |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 did | advmod |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 did | nsubj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | the children | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a sea gull | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not do | past | children = child | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, they shouted a swan when it landed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 shouted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shouted | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shouted | nsubj |
| 4 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 swan | det |
| 6 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shouted | obj |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 landed | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 landed | nsubj |
| 9 | landed | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shouted | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past | they | a swan | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swan=Topic | ||||
| 2 | land | past | swan | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, they yelled it out when it dived, fam, and the huckster came out to see too
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 yelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 yelled | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | nsubj |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 yelled | compound:prt |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 dived | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 dived | nsubj |
| 9 | dived | dive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 yelled | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fam | punct |
| 11 | fam | fam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dived | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 came | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 came | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 huckster | det |
| 15 | huckster | huckster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 came | nsubj |
| 16 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 yelled | conj |
| 17 | out | out | ADV | _ | 16 came | advmod |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 see | mark |
| 19 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 came | advcl |
| 20 | too | too | ADV | _ | 19 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell out speech: express | past | they | it | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | dive | past | it | fam | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fam=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come out | past | the huckster | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | see | to-infinitive | the huckster not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they yelled it out when it dived, fam
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 yelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 yelled | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | nsubj |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dived | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 yelled | compound:prt |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 dived | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 dived | nsubj |
| 9 | dived | dive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fam | punct |
| 11 | fam | fam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dived | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell out speech: express | past | they | it | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | dive | past | it | fam | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fam=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, they yelled it out when it dived, fam, and then ran down to the harbour to look
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 yelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 yelled | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | nsubj |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 yelled | compound:prt |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 dived | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 dived | nsubj |
| 9 | dived | dive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 yelled | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fam | punct |
| 11 | fam | fam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dived | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ran | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 ran | cc |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 ran | advmod |
| 15 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 yelled | conj |
| 16 | down | down | ADV | _ | 15 ran | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 harbour | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 harbour | det |
| 19 | harbour | harbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ran | obl |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 look | mark |
| 21 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 ran | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell out speech: express | past | they | it | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | dive | past | it | fam | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fam=Theme | ||||
| 3 | run down | past | they not said here | then | to the harbour result; down property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to harbour=Result | |||
| 4 | look | to-infinitive | they not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/833-pg27200-part44/t8/