Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the un…

so was rudy scared when the snow came down?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: snow · What happens: be, come down

This is test 5 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 scared	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	cop
3	rudy	rudy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 scared	amod
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 came	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 snow	det
7	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	advcl
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						scared property	tree rules
2	come down	past	the snow					down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

yeah, he shook like a leaf for the first time in his whole life

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 shook	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shook	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shook	nsubj
4	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 leaf	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 leaf	det
7	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shook	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 time	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shook	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 life	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 life	nmod:poss
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 life	amod
15	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shook	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	he			his whole life	time	like a leaf	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in life=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, first time ever he felt fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 time	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 time	punct
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 time	advmod
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 felt	obl:unmarked
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 time	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 felt	nsubj
7	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 felt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	he	fear			time		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yes, the snow came down and his whole heart went cold with fear for the first time

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 snow	det
4	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 came	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 heart	nmod:poss
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 heart	amod
10	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	conj
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 went	xcomp
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 fear	case
14	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 time	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 time	det
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 time	amod
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come down	past	the snow					down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	past	snow's whole heart				time	with fear; cold property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with fear=Beneficiary

Option 4

nah, he just laughed at it all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughed	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 laughed	advmod
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughed	obj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	he	it					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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