Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watc…

wait, did the watchman like his life before or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do · To what, where: watchman

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 838 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watchman wears magic goloshes and tries life as a lieutenant» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 watchman	det
5	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 life	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watchman	nmod
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 or	case
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 did	obl
11	nah	nah	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you not said here	the watchman				like his life	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watchman=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

He was pretty bored, he had his kids and a dull job

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	4 bored	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bored	cop
3	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	4 bored	advmod
4	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 had	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bored	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 kids	nmod:poss
9	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 job	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 job	det
12	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 job	amod
13	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kids	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					bored, pretty property	tree rules
2	have	past	he	his kids and a dull job					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient

Option 2

He was kinda grumpy about his wife and all the kids

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	4 grumpy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grumpy	cop
3	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	4 grumpy	advmod
4	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 wife	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wife	nmod:poss
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grumpy	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kids	cc
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 kids	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kids	det
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wife	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					about his wife and all kids; grumpy, kinda property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was chill with it, he had his wife and kids

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 chill	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chill	cop
3	chill	chill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chill	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chill	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wife	nmod:poss
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kids	cc
12	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wife	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					with it; chill property	tree rules
2	have	past	he	his wife and kids					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He was chill with it, he had his wife and kids and a warm little house by the water

The tree, 19 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 chill	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chill	cop
3	chill	chill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chill	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chill	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wife	nmod:poss
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kids	cc
12	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wife	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 house	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 house	det
15	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 house	amod
16	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 house	amod
17	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wife	conj
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 water	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 water	det
20	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					with it; chill property	tree rules
2	have	past	he	his wife and kids and a warm little house				by the water	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient

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