Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: t…
Ngl, why was the oak sad for the little flies?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: be · To what, where: oak
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 866 «Andersen's Tales, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, part 1: the jumping contest ends, and the old oak gets ready for winter sleep» 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 | 6 oak | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ngl | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 1 Ngl | advmod |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 oak | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 oak | det |
| 6 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 oak | amod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 flies | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 flies | det |
| 10 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 flies | amod |
| 11 | flies | fly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sad | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 oak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Ngl | the oak | 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
their whole life is only one short day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 life | nmod:poss |
| 2 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 life | amod |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 day | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 day | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 one | advmod |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 day | nummod |
| 7 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 day | amod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | their whole life | one short day | tree rules |
Option 2
their wings are very weak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 wings | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 weak | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 weak | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 weak | advmod |
| 5 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | their wings | weak property | tree rules |
Option 3
they only live one day
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 | 3 live | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 day | nummod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 live | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | they | day | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
their life is just a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 life | nmod:poss |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 day | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 day | cop |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 day | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | their life | a day | tree rules |
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