Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow

wait, why did her wooden clogs float off, bruh?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, wooden clogs · What happens: wait, float off

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 845 «Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow» 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	_	8 float	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 float	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 float	aux
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 clogs	nmod:poss
6	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clogs	amod
7	clogs	clog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 float	nsubj
8	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 float	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 float	punct
11	bruh	bruh	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	float off	past · do-support	her wooden clogs						vn run-51.3.2-2 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They were only tied on with a bit of straw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tied	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tied	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 tied	advmod
4	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 tied	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 bit	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 straw	case
10	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie on	past · passive		They				with a bit of straw	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with bit=Co-Patient

Option 2

They were too big

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 big	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 big	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 big	advmod
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					big property	tree rules

Option 3

The straw broke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 straw	det
2	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	the straw						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They were only laced on with some leather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laced	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laced	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 laced	advmod
4	laced	lace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 laced	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 leather	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 leather	det
8	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lace on	past · passive		They				with some leather	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with leather=Instrument

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