Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures t…

Why was the Ice Maiden being so salty about people?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ice Maiden · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 salty	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 salty	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Maiden	det
4	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Maiden	compound
5	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 salty	nsubj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 salty	cop
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 salty	advmod
8	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 people	case
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 salty	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Ice Maiden					about people; salty 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 · ← Mova's choice

She thought they were tiny and silly next to the mountains.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tiny	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tiny	cop
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 silly	cc
7	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tiny	conj
8	next	next	ADV	_	7 silly	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 mountains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mountains	det
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 next	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	they	tiny property	tree rules
3	be		they not said here	next property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She called them worms and said they were nothing next to nature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 said	cc
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 nothing	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 nothing	cop
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 said	ccomp
10	next	next	ADV	_	9 nothing	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 nature	mark
12	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	past	She	them = they		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	She not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	worms = worm	nothing	nature nmod; next property	tree rules

Option 3

She called them worms and said they were nothing at all next to nature, and that they could be crushed like snow under her feet whenever she liked.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 said	cc
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 nothing	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 nothing	cop
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 said	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 nothing	nmod
12	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nothing	amod
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 nature	case
14	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 next	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 crushed	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 crushed	cc
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 crushed	mark
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 crushed	nsubj:pass
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 crushed	aux
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 crushed	aux:pass
21	crushed	crush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 said	ccomp
22	like	like	ADP	_	23 snow	case
23	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 crushed	obl
24	under	under	ADP	_	26 feet	case
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 feet	nmod:poss
26	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 crushed	obl
27	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 crushed	advmod
28	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 liked	nsubj
29	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 whenever	advcl:relcl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	call	past	She	them = they			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	She not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	is a	past	worms = worm	nothing	all		tree rules
4	crush	could · passive		worms = worm	her feet	like snow; whenever property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
5	like	past	she				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

Because she felt the people below were rude, and she called them worms, saying nature was far above them in every single way.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 felt	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 felt	nsubj
3	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 people	det
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 felt	obj
6	below	below	ADV	_	8 rude	advmod
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rude	cop
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 called	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 called	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 called	nsubj
12	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 felt	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 called	obj
14	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 called	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 saying	punct
16	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 called	advcl
17	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 saying	obj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 them	cop
19	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 them	advmod
20	above	above	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 nature	conj
22	in	in	ADP	_	25 way	case
23	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	25 way	det
24	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 way	amod
25	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 saying	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	feel	past	she	the people			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
2	is	past	the people not said here			below, rude property	tree rules
3	call	past	she	people			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
4	say speech: assert	gerund	she not said here	nature	every single way		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent nature=Theme in way=Manner
5	is	past	she not said here			above worms = worm; far property	tree rules

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