Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and…
how did they even get to the island, be honest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, you · What happens: get, be
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 get | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 honest | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 island | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 island | det |
| 8 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 honest | cop |
| 11 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 honest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | they | to the island result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to island=Result | ||||
| 2 | is | imperative | you not said here | honest property | 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
They rowed a boat they just untied from the old dock, no big deal, honestly
The tree, 15 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 rowed | nsubj |
| 2 | rowed | row | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 boat | det |
| 4 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rowed | obj |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 untied | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 untied | advmod |
| 7 | untied | untie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 boat | acl:relcl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 dock | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dock | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 dock | amod |
| 11 | dock | dock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 untied | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 deal | punct |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 deal | det |
| 14 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 deal | amod |
| 15 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dock | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 honestly | punct |
| 17 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 2 rowed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | row | past | They | a boat | honestly property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Location | |||
| 2 | untie | past | they | a boat not said here | from the old dock and no big deal | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent boat=Patient from dock=Co-Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They rowed a boat they just untied
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 rowed | nsubj |
| 2 | rowed | row | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 boat | det |
| 4 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rowed | obj |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 untied | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 untied | advmod |
| 7 | untied | untie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 boat | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | row | past | They | a boat | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Location | ||||
| 2 | untie | past | they | a boat not said here | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient |
Option 3
They paddled a canoe from the old dock
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 paddled | nsubj |
| 2 | paddled | paddle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 canoe | det |
| 4 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 paddled | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 dock | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dock | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dock | amod |
| 8 | dock | dock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 paddled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paddle | past | They | a canoe | the old dock | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent canoe=Theme from dock=Trajectory |
Option 4
They rowed a boat they just untied, then floated out past the reeds to the island
The tree, 16 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 rowed | nsubj |
| 2 | rowed | row | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 boat | det |
| 4 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rowed | obj |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 untied | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 untied | advmod |
| 7 | untied | untie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 boat | acl:relcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 floated | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 floated | advmod |
| 10 | floated | float | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rowed | conj |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 floated | compound:prt |
| 12 | past | past | ADP | _ | 14 reeds | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 reeds | det |
| 14 | reeds | reed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 floated | obl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 island | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 island | det |
| 17 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 floated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | row | past | They | a boat | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Location | ||||
| 2 | untie | past | they | a boat not said here | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient | ||||
| 3 | float out | participle | They not said here | the reeds | then | to the island | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme past reed=Source to island=Trajectory |
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