Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures t…

Yo, did Rudy really grab that eagle baby from the nest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, grab · To what, where: Rudy, nest

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 860 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures the eaglet and brings it to the mill, while the Ice Maiden mocks the railway» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 grab	advmod
6	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 baby	mark
8	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 baby	compound
9	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grab	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grab	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		Rudy					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rudy=Eventuality
2	grab	present				the nest			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from nest=Source

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 climbed the whole cliff at dawn, tied its legs tight with a noose and carried it all the way down to the mill!

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 climbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 climbed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 climbed	nsubj
4	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cliff	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cliff	amod
7	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climbed	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 dawn	case
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climbed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tied	punct
11	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 climbed	conj
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 legs	nmod:poss
13	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tied	obj
14	tight	tight	ADV	_	11 tied	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 noose	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 noose	det
17	noose	noose	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tied	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 carried	cc
19	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 climbed	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 carried	obj
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 way	det:predet
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 way	det
23	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 carried	obl:unmarked
24	down	down	ADV	_	19 carried	advmod
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 mill	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 mill	det
27	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 carried	obl
28	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 climbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	he	the whole cliff		dawn		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location cliff=Theme
2	tie	past	he not said here	cliff's legs			with a noose; tight property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent leg=Patient with noose=Co-Patient
3	carry	past	he not said here	cliff	the mill		all way obl:unmarked; down property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to mill=Destination

Option 2

Yep, he hid it under his coat and hiked off quietly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 hid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 coat	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 coat	nmod:poss
8	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hiked	cc
10	hiked	hike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hid	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 hiked	compound:prt
12	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	10 hiked	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he	it		his coat			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient under coat=Location
2	hike off	past	he not said here					quietly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, totally, he tied its legs with a noose, then slid down the whole cliff face with it on his back, lol!

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 tied	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tied	punct
3	totally	totally	ADV	_	6 tied	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tied	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tied	nsubj
6	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 legs	nmod:poss
8	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tied	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 noose	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 noose	det
11	noose	noose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tied	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 slid	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 slid	advmod
14	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tied	conj
15	down	down	ADP	_	14 slid	compound:prt
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 face	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 face	amod
18	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 face	compound
19	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 slid	obj
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 face	nmod
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 back	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 back	nmod:poss
24	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 slid	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tied	punct
26	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 tied	discourse
27	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	he	its legs				with a noose; totally property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent leg=Patient with noose=Co-Patient
2	slide down	past	he not said here	the whole cliff face		his back	then	with face	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent face=Theme on back=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he tied its legs with a noose and carried it down!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tied	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tied	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tied	nsubj
4	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 legs	nmod:poss
6	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tied	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 noose	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 noose	det
9	noose	noose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 carried	cc
11	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tied	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carried	obj
13	down	down	ADP	_	11 carried	compound:prt
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	he	its legs				with a noose	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent leg=Patient with noose=Co-Patient
2	carry down	past	he not said here	noose					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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