Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures t…

Wait, what did the parlor-cat spill about Babette and Rudy?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do · To what, where: parlor cat spill

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spill	det
6	parlor	parlor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spill	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 parlor	punct
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spill	compound
9	spill	spill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 Babette	case
11	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 spill	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Rudy	cc
13	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Babette	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past		the parlor cat spill				about Babette and Rudy	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spill=Eventuality

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

They kissed in front of the old man, so it's basically an engagement

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 front	case
4	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 man	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 front	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 engagement	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 engagement	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 engagement	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 engagement	cop
13	basically	basically	ADV	_	15 engagement	advmod
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 engagement	det
15	engagement	engagement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	They			front of the old man			vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	front	a engagement				basically property	tree rules

Option 2

Rudy kissed her at the mill, which means they are together now.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 mill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mill	det
6	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mill	acl:relcl
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 together	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 together	cop
12	together	together	ADV	_	9 means	ccomp
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 together	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kissed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	Rudy	her = she	the mill			vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent
2	mean	present	the mill					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	they			now	together property	tree rules

Option 3

They danced at the fair, so the old man was cross about it.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 danced	nsubj
2	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 fair	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fair	det
5	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 danced	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cross	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	12 cross	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cross	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 cross	cop
12	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 danced	conj
13	about	about	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cross	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 danced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	They			the fair			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at fair=Location
2	is	past	the old man					about fair; cross property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing happened at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 happened	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	Nothing			all			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location

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