Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50:…

What did the passenger do, dead rude, to the sleepy watchman?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: passenger · What happens: do

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 839 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50: the watchman's soul visits the moon, then a volunteer's head sticks in the hospital railings» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passenger	det
4	passenger	passenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rude	punct
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rude	amod
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 do	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 watchman	punct
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 watchman	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 watchman	det
12	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 watchman	amod
13	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rude	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the passenger						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Pulled his nose really hard and shouted in his sleepy ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nose	nmod:poss
3	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pulled	obj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 hard	advmod
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Pulled	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shouted	cc
7	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Pulled	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 ear	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 ear	nmod:poss
10	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ear	amod
11	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past		his nose				hard property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme
2	shout speech: express	past				his sleepy ear			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Grabbed the sleepy watchman by the collar and pulled his nose hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 watchman	det
3	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 watchman	amod
4	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grabbed	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 collar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 collar	det
7	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grabbed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pulled	cc
9	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Grabbed	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 nose	nmod:poss
11	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pulled	obj
12	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 pulled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past		the sleepy watchman				by the collar	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watchman=Theme
2	pull	past		his nose				hard property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme

Option 3

Poked his cheek

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poked	poke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cheek	nmod:poss
3	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Poked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke	past		his cheek					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cheek=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pulled his nose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nose	nmod:poss
3	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pulled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past		his nose					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme

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