Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the un…

why was rudy basically the house's boss now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 855 «Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the uncle, and Rudy becomes the family's hunter and guide» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 rudy	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rudy	cop
3	rudy	rudy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	basically	basically	ADV	_	8 boss	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boss	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 house	case
8	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rudy	parataxis
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 boss	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 rudy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						rudy property	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

he brought in all the money 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 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 money	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 money	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 money	det
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	obl
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 brought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	he			all money	now		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he was the main support of the household

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	5 support	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 support	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 support	det
4	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 support	amod
5	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 household	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 household	det
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 support	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	the main support				of the household	tree rules

Option 3

he was the main support of the household and gave all orders 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	5 support	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 support	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 support	det
4	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 support	amod
5	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 household	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 household	det
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 support	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gave	cc
10	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 support	conj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 orders	det
12	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 gave	obj
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 gave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	the main support				of the household	tree rules
2	give	past	he not said here	all orders			now		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme

Option 4

he kept the whole family fed with his gun

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 family	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 family	amod
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
6	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 family	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 gun	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gun	nmod:poss
9	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	the whole family					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme
2	feed	participle		the whole family not said here				with his gun	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

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