Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and…
ngl, why did the cats think the feast was a big deal?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ngl, cats, feast · What happens: do, think, be · To what, where: big deal · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 863 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and Babette near their wedding, then their boat drifts away» 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 | ngl | ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 ngl | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 did | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cats | det |
| 6 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 think | nsubj |
| 7 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 feast | det |
| 9 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 deal | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 deal | cop |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 deal | det |
| 12 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 deal | amod |
| 13 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 think | ccomp |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | ngl | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | the cats | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | the feast | a big deal | 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 · ✓ the right answer
They got ducks, pigeons and a whole roebuck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pigeons | punct |
| 5 | pigeons | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ducks | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 roebuck | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 roebuck | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 roebuck | amod |
| 9 | roebuck | roebuck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ducks | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | They | ducks and pigeons and a whole roebuck | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duck=Stimulus |
Option 2
They got ducks, pigeons and a whole roebuck, plus wine, cheese and enough dessert for the entire village
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pigeons | punct |
| 5 | pigeons | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ducks | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 roebuck | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 roebuck | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 roebuck | amod |
| 9 | roebuck | roebuck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ducks | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wine | punct |
| 11 | plus | plus | CCONJ | _ | 12 wine | cc |
| 12 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cheese | punct |
| 14 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wine | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 dessert | cc |
| 16 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 dessert | amod |
| 17 | dessert | dessert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wine | conj |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 village | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 village | det |
| 20 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 village | amod |
| 21 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | They | ducks and pigeons and a whole roebuck | for the entire village; wine and cheese and enough dessert obl | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent duck=Theme for village=Source |
Option 3
They had fish, bread and a big jug of wine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 had | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bread | punct |
| 5 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fish | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 jug | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 jug | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 jug | amod |
| 9 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fish | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 wine | case |
| 11 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 jug | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | They | fish and bread and a big jug of wine | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |
Option 4
They got ducks, pigeons, a whole roebuck and a giant cake with cream and berries on top
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pigeons | punct |
| 5 | pigeons | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ducks | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 roebuck | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 roebuck | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 roebuck | amod |
| 9 | roebuck | roebuck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ducks | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 cake | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cake | det |
| 12 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 cake | amod |
| 13 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 roebuck | conj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 cream | case |
| 15 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cake | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 berries | cc |
| 17 | berries | berry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ducks | conj |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 top | case |
| 19 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | They | ducks and pigeons and a whole roebuck and a giant cake with cream and berries | top | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent duck=Theme on top=Source |
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