Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48:…

Why does he think he's sick, dude?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: think, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 think	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sick	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sick	cop
7	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 think	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dude	punct
9	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sick	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present · do-support	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he					sick property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He had drunk the punch too fast on an empty stomach while standing near the crowded door.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drunk	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drunk	aux
3	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 punch	det
5	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drunk	obj
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 drunk	advmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 stomach	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stomach	det
10	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stomach	amod
11	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drunk	obl
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 standing	mark
13	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 drunk	advcl
14	near	near	ADP	_	17 door	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 door	det
16	crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 door	amod
17	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 standing	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drunk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past · perfect	He	the punch		a empty stomach		fast property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punch=Patient
2	stand	gerund	He not said here			the crowded door			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near door=Location

Option 2

The punch was far too strong and the room was spinning around him in the warm air.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 punch	det
2	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strong	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 strong	cop
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 strong	advmod
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 strong	advmod
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 spinning	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spinning	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 spinning	aux
11	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 strong	conj
12	around	around	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 spinning	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 air	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 air	det
16	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 air	amod
17	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spinning	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 strong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the punch					far, strong property	tree rules
2	spin	past · progressive	the room			the warm air		around him = he	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme around he=Source in air=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The punch was too strong for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 punch	det
2	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strong	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 strong	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 strong	advmod
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 strong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the punch					for him = he; strong property	tree rules

Option 4

The beer was too heavy for him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beer	det
2	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heavy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 heavy	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 heavy	advmod
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 heavy	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 heavy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the beer					for him = he; heavy property	tree rules

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