Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watc…
and he rode off in a droschky, like a cab, to Christian's Haven?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: ride off · To what, where: Haven, droschky
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 rode | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rode | nsubj |
| 3 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 rode | compound:prt |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 droschky | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 droschky | det |
| 7 | droschky | droschky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rode | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cab | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 cab | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cab | det |
| 11 | cab | cab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rode | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Haven | punct |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 Haven | case |
| 14 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Haven | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 Christian | case |
| 16 | Haven | Haven | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 rode | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 rode | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride off | past | he | Christian's Haven | a droschky | like a cab | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to haven=Trajectory |
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, and he was so thankful for modern times, which let him ride so comfortably through the night
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 thankful | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 thankful | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 thankful | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 thankful | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 thankful | cop |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 thankful | advmod |
| 7 | thankful | thankful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 times | case |
| 9 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 times | amod |
| 10 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 thankful | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 let | punct |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 let | nsubj |
| 13 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 times | acl:relcl |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 let | obj |
| 15 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 thankful | parataxis |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 comfortably | advmod |
| 17 | comfortably | comfortably | ADV | _ | 15 ride | advmod |
| 18 | through | through | ADP | _ | 20 night | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 night | det |
| 20 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ride | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | time | thankful property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | let | past | modern times | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ride | infinitive | night | comfortably property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, and he was so thankful for modern times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 thankful | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 thankful | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 thankful | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 thankful | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 thankful | cop |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 thankful | advmod |
| 7 | thankful | thankful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 times | case |
| 9 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 times | amod |
| 10 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 thankful | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | time | thankful property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, and he complained about the slow roads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 complained | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 complained | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 complained | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 complained | nsubj |
| 5 | complained | complain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 roads | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 roads | det |
| 8 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 roads | amod |
| 9 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 complained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complain speech: other | past | he | about the slow roads | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about road=Topic |
Option 4
Yeah, he rode it all the way to Christian's Haven and paid the driver with his last coins
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 rode | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rode | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rode | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 way | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Haven | case |
| 10 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Haven | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Christian | case |
| 12 | Haven | Haven | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 way | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 paid | cc |
| 14 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rode | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 driver | det |
| 16 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 paid | obj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 coins | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 coins | nmod:poss |
| 19 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 coins | amod |
| 20 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | he | it | all way to Christian's Haven obl | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location | |||
| 2 | pay | past | he not said here | the driver | with driver's last coins | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent driver=Asset | |||
| 3 | coin | driver | nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
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