Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost i…

Like, what does Ib want from the wishing nuts?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ib · What happens: want · To what, where: wishing nuts

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 849 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 60: lost in the forest, the children meet a gypsy with wishing nuts» 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	Like	like	INTJ	_	6 want	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Like	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 want	obj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 want	aux
5	Ib	Ib	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 want	nsubj
6	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 nuts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nuts	det
9	wishing	wishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nuts	compound
10	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 want	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present · do-support	Ib			the wishing nuts			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=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

he wants her to show him the magic inside each nut right now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	iobj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 magic	det
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	obj
9	inside	inside	ADP	_	11 nut	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 nut	det
11	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	obl
12	right	right	ADV	_	13 now	advmod
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 show	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	he	her = she					tree rules
2	show not said to happen	to-infinitive	her = she not said here	the magic	him = he	each nut	now		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient magic=Topic

Option 2

nothing is said yet, but he hopes she will sell them to him for money

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 said	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	aux:pass
3	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	yet	yet	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hopes	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 hopes	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hopes	nsubj
8	hopes	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sell	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 sell	aux
11	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hopes	ccomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sell	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sell	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 money	case
16	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		nothing		yet		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	hope	present	he					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	sell	future	she	them = they	him = he		for money	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme to he=Recipient for money=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

nothing is said yet, but he asks her for them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 said	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	aux:pass
3	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	yet	yet	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 asks	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 asks	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asks	nsubj
8	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asks	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		nothing			yet		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	present	he		her = she			for them = they	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he wants them to make him rich

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	he	them = they					tree rules
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	them = they not said here	him = he				rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

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