Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches In…
Lol, why did Rudy totally forget Babette for a bit?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rudy · What happens: forget · To what, where: Babette
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 857 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches Interlachen, wins the shooting match and meets Babette again» 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 | Lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 7 forget | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lol | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 forget | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 forget | aux |
| 5 | Rudy | Rudy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 forget | nsubj |
| 6 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 7 forget | advmod |
| 7 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | Babette | Babette | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 forget | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 bit | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bit | det |
| 11 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 forget | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 forget | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past · do-support | Rudy | Babette | for a bit; totally 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
the cheering and the prizes got him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cheering | det |
| 2 | cheering | cheering | NOUN | _ | 6 got | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 prizes | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prizes | det |
| 5 | prizes | prize | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cheering | conj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the cheering and the prizes | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
the shooting and the noisy crowd grabbed him completely and he forgot everything else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shooting | det |
| 2 | shooting | shooting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grabbed | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 crowd | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 crowd | det |
| 5 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 crowd | amod |
| 6 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shooting | conj |
| 7 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 grabbed | obj |
| 9 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 7 grabbed | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 forgot | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 forgot | nsubj |
| 12 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 grabbed | conj |
| 13 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 forgot | obj |
| 14 | else | else | ADV | _ | 13 everything | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | the shooting and the noisy crowd | him = he | completely property | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | forget | past | he | everything | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
he got totally caught in the excitement of the match and the music of the guns
The tree, 16 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 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 4 caught | advmod |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 excitement | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 excitement | det |
| 7 | excitement | excitement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 match | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 match | det |
| 10 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 excitement | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 music | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 music | det |
| 13 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 excitement | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 guns | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 guns | det |
| 16 | guns | gun | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 music | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | he | the excitement of the match and the music of the guns | totally property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | excite | the match | nom excitement «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the shooting and the crowd grabbed him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shooting | det |
| 2 | shooting | shooting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grabbed | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 crowd | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crowd | det |
| 5 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shooting | conj |
| 6 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 grabbed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | the shooting and the crowd | him = he | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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