Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous…

ok but why was Rudy so raging about the golden whiskers bloke?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, rage · To what, where: Rudy

This is test 4 · ★ 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	7 raging	discourse
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 Rudy	cc
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 Rudy	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Rudy	cop
5	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ok	conj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 raging	advmod
7	raging	rage	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	12 bloke	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bloke	det
10	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bloke	amod
11	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 bloke	compound
12	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raging	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 raging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Rudy					tree rules
2	rage	gerund						about the golden whiskers bloke	vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about bloke=Location

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

cos the miller had told him off in front of everyone and Babette laughed at it all night long

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 miller	det
3	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cos	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	iobj
7	off	off	ADP	_	1 cos	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 front	case
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 everyone	case
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 front	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 laughed	cc
13	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 laughed	nsubj
14	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 laughed	obl
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 laughed	obl:unmarked
19	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 laughed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos off	imperative	you not said here			front of everyone			tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the miller	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic
3	laugh	past	Babette			miller	night	long property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

cos Babette was smiling at the Englishman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	_	4 smiling	punct
2	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 smiling	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 smiling	aux
4	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 Englishman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Englishman	det
7	Englishman	Englishman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 smiling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	past · progressive	Babette			the Englishman			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

cos the Englishman stole his hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Englishman	det
3	Englishman	Englishman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stole	nsubj
4	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	ccomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hat	nmod:poss
6	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	steal	past	the Englishman	Englishman's hat					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cos Babette was loving all his attention, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	_	4 loving	punct
2	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 loving	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 loving	aux
4	loving	love	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 attention	det:predet
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 attention	nmod:poss
7	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loving	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loving	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past · progressive	Babette	Babette's attention					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus
2	attend		Babette						nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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