Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watc…

bro the watchman wanted to fly up to the moon, what happened to that

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro watchman, moon · What happens: want, fly up, happen

This is test 4 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watchman	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 watchman	det
3	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fly	mark
6	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 fly	compound:prt
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 moon	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 moon	det
10	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fly	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 happened	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 happened	nsubj
13	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 moon	acl:relcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 that	case
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want	past	the bro watchman		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	fly up not said to happen	to-infinitive	the bro watchman not said here	to the moon result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to moon=Result
3	happen	past	the moon	to the moon	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Nothing happened, because the narrator said the goloshes had to be worn by someone who truly wished to fly up there

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 said	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goloshes	det
9	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	13 worn	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 worn	aux:pass
13	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 had	xcomp
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 someone	case
15	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 worn	obl
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 wished	nsubj
17	truly	truly	ADV	_	18 wished	advmod
18	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 someone	acl:relcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 fly	mark
20	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 wished	xcomp
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 fly	compound:prt
22	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 fly	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	happen	past	Nothing			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the narrator			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	past	the goloshes			tree rules
4	wear	to-infinitive · passive	someone			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
5	wish	past			truly property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6	fly up not said to happen	to-infinitive		there		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He got stuck on the roof and fell down into the street below him

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	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 roof	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roof	det
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stuck	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fell	cc
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 fell	advmod
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 street	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 street	det
12	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fell	obl
13	below	below	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	fall down	past	He not said here			the street		below him = he; down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme below he=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nothing, the narrator said he'd need the goloshes to make it happen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 said	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrator	det
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 need	nsubj
7	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 need	aux
8	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 goloshes	det
10	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 need	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 make	mark
12	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 need	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 make	obj
14	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	would	narrator	the goloshes	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot golosh=Theme
3	make	to-infinitive	narrator not said here	it	tree rules
4	happen	infinitive			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Nothing, the narrator said he'd need the goloshes to make it happen, and they never flew him anywhere at all

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 said	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrator	det
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 need	nsubj
7	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 need	aux
8	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 goloshes	det
10	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 need	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 make	mark
12	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 need	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 make	obj
14	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 make	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 flew	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 flew	cc
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 flew	nsubj
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 flew	advmod
19	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 flew	obj
21	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	19 flew	advmod
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Nothing				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	would	narrator	the goloshes			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot golosh=Theme
3	make	to-infinitive	narrator not said here	it			tree rules
4	happen	infinitive					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	not fly	past	goloshes = golosh	narrator	all	anywhere property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme at all=Location

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