Test 3 · ★ · Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy an…

bro, what's Rudy's deal with the toys?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro · What happens: be · To what, where: deal

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 852 «Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 deal	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 deal	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 deal	cop
5	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 deal	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Rudy	case
7	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bro	appos
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 toys	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 toys	det
10	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 deal	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	bro	Rudy's deal				with the toys	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he sells them and holds the box super tight

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 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	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 sells	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 holds	cc
5	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holds	obj
8	super	super	ADV	_	9 tight	advmod
9	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 box	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	he	them = they					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	hold	present	he not said here	the box					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme

Option 2

he carves them and sells them to kids

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 carves	nsubj
2	carves	carve	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 carves	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sells	cc
5	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 carves	conj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sells	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 kids	case
8	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	present	he	them = they					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	sell	present	he not said here	them = they	kids				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to kid=Recipient

Option 3

he's a carver, sells the little houses, and clutches the box super tight on the walk

The tree, 17 words

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	4 carver	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carver	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 carver	det
4	carver	carver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sells	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 carver	punct
6	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 houses	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 houses	amod
9	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sells	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 clutches	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 clutches	cc
12	clutches	clutch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sells	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 box	det
14	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 clutches	obj
15	super	super	ADV	_	16 tight	advmod
16	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 box	amod
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 walk	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 walk	det
19	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a carver	tree rules
2	sell	present	a carver	the little houses	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
3	clutch	present	a carver not said here	the box	vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme

Option 4

he sells them all to travellers and holds the box super tight whenever the wind blows hard on the path

The tree, 20 words

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 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	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 sells	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 them	nmod:unmarked
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 travellers	case
6	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sells	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 holds	cc
8	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 box	det
10	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 holds	obj
11	super	super	ADV	_	12 tight	advmod
12	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 box	amod
13	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	16 blows	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wind	det
15	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 blows	nsubj
16	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 holds	advcl
17	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 blows	advmod
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 path	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 path	det
20	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 blows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	sell	present	he	them = they	travellers			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to traveller=Recipient
2	hold	present	he not said here	the box				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme
3	blow	present	the wind			the path	hard property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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