Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous…

what's a fop when the miller's on about the bloke?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: fop, bloke

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 861 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous of the Englishman, Babette sends him away, and Rudy walks home alone over the mountains» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 fop	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fop	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fop	det
4	fop	fop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 bloke	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 miller	det
7	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bloke	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 miller	case
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 bloke	case
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 bloke	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bloke	det
12	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fop	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a fop		the miller's bloke			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

a type of lake fish that only swims in the deep cold water near Chillon castle at night

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	2 type	det
2	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fish	case
4	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fish	compound
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 type	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 swims	nsubj
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 swims	advmod
8	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 type	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 water	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
11	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 water	amod
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 water	amod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swims	obl
14	near	near	ADP	_	16 castle	case
15	Chillon	Chillon	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 castle	compound
16	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swims	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 night	case
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swims	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	a type of lake fish			the deep cold water	night	near Chillon castle	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Trajectory
2	type			lake fish					nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a show-off who cares about his looks, like a total poser

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 off	det
2	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 off	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 off	punct
4	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cares	nsubj
6	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 off	acl:relcl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 looks	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 looks	nmod:poss
9	looks	look	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cares	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 poser	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 poser	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 poser	det
13	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 poser	amod
14	poser	poser	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	a show off					about his looks; like a total poser	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about look=Stimulus

Option 3

a show-off who cares about his looks and wears fine clothes, like a total poser from the city

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 off	det
2	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 off	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 off	punct
4	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cares	nsubj
6	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 off	acl:relcl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 looks	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 looks	nmod:poss
9	looks	look	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cares	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wears	cc
11	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cares	conj
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 clothes	amod
13	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 wears	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 poser	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	18 poser	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 poser	det
17	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 poser	amod
18	poser	poser	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 clothes	conj
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 city	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 city	det
21	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 poser	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	a show off					about his looks	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about look=Stimulus
2	wear	present	a show off not said here	fine clothes and a total poser from the city					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source

Option 4

a fancy man who likes to talk loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 likes	nsubj
5	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 man	acl:relcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 talk	mark
7	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 likes	xcomp
8	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 talk	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	a fancy man						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	talk not said to happen	to-infinitive	a fancy man not said here					loud property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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