Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his w…

Okay, what do the cannons mean with the boom, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cannons · What happens: mean

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» 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	Okay	okay	INTJ	_	4 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mean	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cannons	det
6	cannons	cannon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mean	nsubj
7	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 boom	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boom	det
10	boom	boom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mean	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cap	punct
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 cap	det
13	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 boom	appos
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	the cannons					with the boom	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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

they fire to wake the sleeping town

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 fire	nsubj
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wake	mark
4	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fire	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 town	det
6	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 town	compound
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	to-infinitive		the sleeping town					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent town=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

good morning and thank you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 morning	amod
2	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thank	obl:unmarked
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	2 morning	cc
4	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 thank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present			you		morning		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

they say good morning and thank you to the fleet and the king

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 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 morning	amod
4	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	obl:unmarked
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 thank	cc
6	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	conj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 thank	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 fleet	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fleet	det
10	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thank	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 king	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fleet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	they				morning		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	thank speech: thank	present	they not said here		you			to the fleet and the king	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4

they seem to say good morning and thank you to every sailor who fought

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 seem	nsubj
2	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 say	mark
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 seem	xcomp
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 morning	amod
6	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 thank	cc
8	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seem	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 thank	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 sailor	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 sailor	det
12	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thank	obl
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 fought	nsubj
14	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sailor	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	they				vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	they not said here		morning		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	thank speech: thank	present	they not said here	you		to every sailor	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
4	fight	past	every sailor				vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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