Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 49: a watc…

and what's up with the watchman's thing about being happier than the lieutenant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	9 thing	cc
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 thing	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
4	up	up	ADV	_	9 thing	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 thing	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 watchman	det
7	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 watchman	case
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	about	about	SCONJ	_	12 happier	mark
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 happier	cop
12	happier	happy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 thing	conj
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 lieutenant	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lieutenant	det
15	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 happier	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with the watchman's thing	tree rules
2	is	gerund						than the lieutenant; happy 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 · ✓ the right answer

He missed his wife and kids and went back to being 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 missed	nsubj
2	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wife	nmod:poss
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 missed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 kids	cc
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wife	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 went	cc
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 missed	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 him	case
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 him	cop
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	miss	past	He	his wife and kids		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus
2	go back	past	He not said here			vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
3	is	gerund			to him = he	tree rules

Option 2

He wanted to be rich again and to take the job of lieutenant

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 rich	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 rich	cop
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wanted	xcomp
6	again	again	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 take	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 take	mark
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 job	det
11	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 lieutenant	case
13	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 job	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He		again		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			rich property	tree rules
3	take	to-infinitive	He not said here	the job of lieutenant			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme
4	job		lieutenant				nom job «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

He missed his wife and kids and went back to being him, but he kept feeling the sorrow of wealth

The tree, 20 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	2 missed	nsubj
2	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wife	nmod:poss
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 missed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 kids	cc
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wife	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 went	cc
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 missed	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 him	case
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 him	cop
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 went	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 kept	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 kept	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 kept	nsubj
16	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 missed	conj
17	feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 kept	xcomp
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sorrow	det
19	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 feeling	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 wealth	case
21	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sorrow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	miss	past	He	his wife and kids		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus
2	go back	past	He not said here			vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
3	is	gerund			to him = he	tree rules
4	keep	past	he			tree rules
5	feel	gerund	he not said here	the sorrow of wealth		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorrow=Theme
6	sorrow		wealth			nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

He wished to return to his simple life and his fine old chair

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 return	mark
4	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 life	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
7	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 return	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	2 wished	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 chair	nmod:poss
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 chair	amod
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 chair	amod
13	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wished	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He	his fine old chair					tree rules
2	return not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here					to his simple life result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to life=Result

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