Test 5 · ★ · Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy an…

is Rudy a total scaredy-cat up high?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: Rudy

This is test 5 · ★ 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Rudy	cop
2	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 high	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cat	det
4	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cat	amod
5	scaredy	scaredy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cat	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 scaredy	punct
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 high	nsubj
8	up	up	ADP	_	9 high	advmod
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 high	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Rudy					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

yeah, he's scared of heights but learned to climb from the cat anyway

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scared	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 scared	cop
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 heights	case
7	heights	height	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scared	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 learned	cc
9	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scared	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 climb	mark
11	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 learned	xcomp
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 cat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cat	det
14	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 climb	obl
15	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 climb	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	he	of heights; scared property	tree rules
2	learn	past	he not said here		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	climb	to-infinitive	he not said here	from the cat; anyway property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from cat=Trajectory

Option 2

no, he climbs like a goat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 climbs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 climbs	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 climbs	nsubj
4	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 goat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 goat	det
7	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climbs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	present	he					like a goat	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

nah, he's a fearless climber

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 climber	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 climber	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 climber	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 climber	det
6	fearless	fearless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 climber	amod
7	climber	climber	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a fearless climber					tree rules

Option 4

nope, he's brave up high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 brave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brave	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 brave	cop
5	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	up	up	ADV	_	7 high	advmod
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brave	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					brave property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

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