Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures t…

Okay, what did the train look like to her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: train · What happens: look

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Okay	okay	INTJ	_	7 look	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Okay	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 look	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 look	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 train	det
6	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 look	nsubj
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 her	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 look	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past · do-support	the train					like her = she	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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

A dragon with a long hot tail, rushing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dragon	det
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 tail	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tail	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tail	amod
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tail	amod
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dragon	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rushing	punct
9	rushing	rush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dragon	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dragon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Like a long rope, zooming by quick.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	4 rope	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rope	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rope	amod
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 zooming	punct
6	zooming	zoom	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 rope	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 quick	case
8	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 zooming	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rope	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	zoom	gerund	a long rope not said here					by quick	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by quick=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A winding serpent, going past super fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 serpent	det
2	winding	winding	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 serpent	amod
3	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 going	punct
5	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 serpent	acl
6	past	past	ADV	_	5 going	advmod
7	super	super	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go past	gerund	a winding serpent not said here					fast, past property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A winding serpent of carriages, going past super fast like a storm wind over the snowy valley floor.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 serpent	det
2	winding	winding	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 serpent	amod
3	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 carriages	case
5	carriages	carriage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 serpent	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 going	punct
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 serpent	conj
8	past	past	ADV	_	7 going	advmod
9	super	super	ADV	_	10 fast	advmod
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 going	advmod
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 wind	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wind	det
13	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wind	compound
14	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fast	obl
15	over	over	ADP	_	19 floor	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 floor	det
17	snowy	snowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 floor	amod
18	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 floor	compound
19	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wind	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 serpent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go past	gerund						fast, past property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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