Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 73: Rudy clim…

Is the story about the powers of evil, then?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: story

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 862 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 73: Rudy climbs the mountain, meets the Ice Maiden, and loses his ring» 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	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 story	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 powers	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 powers	det
6	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 story	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 evil	case
8	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 powers	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 story	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the story			then	about the powers of evil	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

Nah, it's a sweet tale about a young hunter who falls in love and then returns home to the mill, bruv

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 tale	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tale	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tale	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tale	det
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tale	amod
7	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 hunter	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hunter	det
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hunter	amod
11	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tale	nmod
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 falls	nsubj
13	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 hunter	acl:relcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 love	case
15	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 falls	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 returns	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 returns	advmod
18	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 falls	conj
19	home	home	ADV	_	18 returns	advmod
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 mill	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 mill	det
22	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 returns	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 bruv	punct
24	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tale	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a sweet tale and bruv			about a young hunter	tree rules
2	fall	present	a young hunter		love			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location
3	return	present	a young hunter not said here			then	to the mill result; home property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to mill=Result

Option 2

Nah, it's about the mill and cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 mill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 mill	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mill	cop
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 mill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mill	det
7	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cats	cc
9	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					about the mill and cats	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the powers of evil play their cruel game on people who wander up the mountain alone, innit

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 play	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 powers	det
4	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 play	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 evil	case
6	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 powers	nmod
7	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 game	nmod:poss
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 game	amod
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 people	case
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 play	obl
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 wander	nsubj
14	wander	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 people	acl:relcl
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 wander	compound:prt
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mountain	det
17	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wander	obj
18	alone	alone	ADV	_	14 wander	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 innit	punct
20	innit	innit	INTJ	_	7 play	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	the powers of evil	powers's cruel game				on people	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
2	wander up	present	people	the mountain				alone property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mountain=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they play their game on us

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 play	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 play	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 play	nsubj
4	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 game	nmod:poss
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 us	case
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	they	their game				on us	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

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