Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures t…

Dude, why was the eagle so mad in the basket?

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

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eagle	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 eagle	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 eagle	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eagle	det
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dude	appos
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 mad	advmod
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eagle	amod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 basket	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 basket	det
11	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mad	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the eagle					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 right answer

Its eyes were glaring, it was all fiery and ready to bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 glaring	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 glaring	cop
4	glaring	glaring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fiery	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fiery	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fiery	cop
8	all	all	ADV	_	9 fiery	advmod
9	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 glaring	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ready	cc
11	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 glaring	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 bite	mark
13	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ready	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	Its eyes	glaring property	tree rules
2	is	past	it	all, fiery property	tree rules
3	be		Its eyes not said here		tree rules
4	bite	to-infinitive	Its eyes not said here		vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It was super mad because Rudy had taken it from the nest, its eyes were glaring, and it was fiery and ready to bite anyone close.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mad	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mad	cop
3	super	super	ADV	_	4 mad	advmod
4	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 taken	mark
6	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 taken	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 taken	aux
8	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 mad	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 taken	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taken	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 glaring	punct
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 eyes	nmod:poss
15	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 glaring	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 glaring	cop
17	glaring	glaring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mad	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 fiery	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 fiery	cc
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 fiery	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 fiery	cop
22	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mad	parataxis
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 ready	cc
24	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 fiery	conj
25	to	to	PART	_	26 bite	mark
26	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 ready	xcomp
27	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	26 bite	obj
28	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 anyone	amod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	It			mad, super property	tree rules
2	take	past · perfect · passive		Rudy	the nest		tree rules
3	is	past	nest's eyes			glaring property	tree rules
4	is	past	nest			fiery property	tree rules
5	be		nest not said here				tree rules
6	bite	to-infinitive	nest not said here	anyone			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It was hungry and it wanted food, so it hissed a lot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hungry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wanted	cc
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wanted	nsubj
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	conj
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hissed	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 hissed	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hissed	nsubj
11	hissed	hiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lot	det
13	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hissed	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hungry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	It		hungry property	tree rules
2	want	past	it	food		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme
3	hiss	past	food	a lot		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic

Option 4

Its eyes were glaring and burning, and it kept flapping and hissing at everyone who came near the basket all day long.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 glaring	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 glaring	cop
4	glaring	glaring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 burning	cc
6	burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 glaring	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 kept	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kept	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kept	nsubj
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 glaring	conj
11	flapping	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 kept	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hissing	cc
13	hissing	hiss	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 flapping	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 everyone	case
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 hissing	obl
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 came	nsubj
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 everyone	acl:relcl
18	near	near	ADP	_	20 basket	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 basket	det
20	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 came	obl
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 day	det
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 long	obl:unmarked
23	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 came	advmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 glaring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	Its eyes		glaring property	tree rules
2	burn	gerund	Its eyes not said here			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	keep	past	it			tree rules
4	flap	gerund				vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	hiss	gerund		everyone		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at everyone=Location
6	come	past		the basket	long property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near basket=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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