Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures t…

LOL, the miller said Rudy had to win Babette first, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: miller, Rudy · What happens: say, have, win · To what, where: Babette · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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	LOL	lol	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 LOL	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 miller	det
4	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 win	mark
9	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 had	xcomp
10	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 win	obj
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 win	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 win	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	9 win	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the miller			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	Rudy			tree rules
3	win	to-infinitive	Rudy not said here	Babette	first property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent babette=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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he said Rudy should ask her dad first.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ask	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 ask	aux
7	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 ask	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	should	Rudy		Rudy's dad			first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, "You must get her first," he said, laughing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
4	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 said	ccomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 get	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 get	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 laughing	punct
14	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 said	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	must	You	her = she	first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	laugh	gerund	he not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, "Win her first, then talk to me about the mill," he said with a big grin and a wink at the cat.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 first	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 first	punct
4	Win	win	ADP	_	6 first	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 first	nmod:poss
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 talk	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 talk	advmod
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 first	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 me	case
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 talk	obl
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 mill	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mill	det
14	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 talk	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 said	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 said	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 said	nsubj
18	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 first	conj
19	with	with	ADP	_	22 grin	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 grin	det
21	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 grin	amod
22	grin	grin	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 said	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 wink	cc
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 wink	det
25	wink	wink	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 grin	conj
26	at	at	ADP	_	28 cat	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 cat	det
28	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wink	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 first	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk in a quote	infinitive			me		then	about the mill	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent to i=Co-Agent about mill=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past	he					with a big grin and a wink at the cat	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with grin=Manner

Option 4

Yep, he said it while laughing at the table, and then he said Rudy should go ask her godmother about it before anything else.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	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 said	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 laughing	mark
7	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 said	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 table	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 table	det
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 laughing	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 said	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 said	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 said	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 said	nsubj
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
16	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 go	nsubj
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 go	aux
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 said	ccomp
19	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 go	xcomp
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 godmother	nmod:poss
21	godmother	godmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 go	obj
22	about	about	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 go	obl
24	before	before	ADP	_	25 anything	case
25	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 go	obl
26	else	else	ADV	_	25 anything	advmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	it				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	laugh	gerund	he not said here		the table			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	past	he			then		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	go	should	Rudy	Rudy's godmother		before anything	about godmother	tree rules
5	ask speech: ask	infinitive	Rudy not said here					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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