Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plan…
Did the Danes and Swedes fight in winter, or chill out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danes · What happens: fight, chill out
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 847 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Danes | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Danes | det |
| 3 | Danes | Dane | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 fight | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Swedes | cc |
| 5 | Swedes | swede | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 Danes | conj |
| 6 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 winter | case |
| 8 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fight | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 chill | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 chill | cc |
| 11 | chill | chill | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 fight | conj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 chill | compound:prt |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 fight | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present | the Danes and Swedes | winter | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | chill out | infinitive | the Danes and Swedes not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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
They fought hard, but they chilled out sometimes
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 | 2 fought | nsubj |
| 2 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 fought | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 chilled | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 chilled | cc |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 chilled | nsubj |
| 7 | chilled | chill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fought | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 chilled | compound:prt |
| 9 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 chilled | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | They | hard property | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | chill out | past | they | sometimes property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
They chilled, with a handshake and biscuits, then went back to their own homes
The tree, 14 words
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 | 2 chilled | nsubj |
| 2 | chilled | chill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 handshake | punct |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 handshake | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 handshake | det |
| 6 | handshake | handshake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chilled | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 biscuits | cc |
| 8 | biscuits | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 handshake | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 went | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 went | advmod |
| 11 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 chilled | conj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 went | advmod |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 homes | case |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 homes | nmod:poss |
| 15 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 homes | amod |
| 16 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chill | past | They | with a handshake and biscuits | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with handshake=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | go back | past | They not said here | then | to biscuits's own homes result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result |
Option 3
They just fought all winter long with swords
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 | 3 fought | nsubj |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 fought | advmod |
| 3 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 winter | det |
| 5 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fought | obj |
| 6 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 fought | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 swords | case |
| 8 | swords | sword | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | They | winter | with swords; long property | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with sword=Co-Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
They chilled, with a handshake and biscuits
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 | 2 chilled | nsubj |
| 2 | chilled | chill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 handshake | punct |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 handshake | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 handshake | det |
| 6 | handshake | handshake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chilled | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 biscuits | cc |
| 8 | biscuits | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 handshake | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chill | past | They | with a handshake and biscuits | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with handshake=Instrument |
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