Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his w…

Was the little boy in bed actually awake for the talk?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: little boy, bed

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 boy	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boy	amod
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 bed	case
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boy	nmod
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 awake	advmod
8	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boy	amod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 talk	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 talk	det
11	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 awake	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the little boy		bed			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

no, he slept through it all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 slept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 slept	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slept	nsubj
4	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slept	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	he	it					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yes, he heard about the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 heard	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 heard	nsubj
4	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 castle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 castle	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	he					about the castle	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about castle=Stimulus

Option 3

no, he was fast asleep and dreaming about dragons and ships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 asleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 asleep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 asleep	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asleep	cop
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 asleep	advmod
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dreaming	cc
8	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 asleep	conj
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 dragons	case
10	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dreaming	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ships	cc
12	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dragons	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					asleep, fast property	tree rules
2	dream	gerund	he not said here					about dragons and ships	vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about dragon=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yes, he listened carefully to every word about the battle and the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 listened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 listened	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 listened	nsubj
4	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	4 listened	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 word	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 word	det
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 listened	obl
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 battle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 battle	det
11	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 word	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 king	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 battle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	he					to every word about the battle and the king; carefully property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme

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