Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1…

why'd he go through that scary forest tho

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: go · To what, where: scary forest tho

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 868 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 go	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 go	nsubj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	9 tho	case
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 tho	nsubj
7	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tho	amod
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tho	compound
9	tho	tho	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	would	he			scary forest tho			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through tho=Initial_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

cuz it's a shortcut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shortcut	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shortcut	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shortcut	det
5	shortcut	shortcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cuz	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cuz	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a shortcut					tree rules

Option 2

cuz the road was closed and he didn't want to wait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 road	det
3	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 closed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 closed	aux:pass
5	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cuz	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 want	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 want	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 want	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 want	advmod
10	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cuz	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 wait	mark
12	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 want	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cuz	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	close	past · passive		the road	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	not want	past · do-support	he		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cuz the storm messed up his path and it's a long walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 storm	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 messed	nsubj
4	messed	mess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 messed	compound:prt
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 path	nmod:poss
7	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 messed	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 walk	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 walk	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 walk	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 walk	det
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 walk	amod
13	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 messed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cuz	infinitive			tree rules
2	mess up	past	the cuz storm	storm's path	tree rules
3	is a	present	path	a long walk	tree rules

Option 4

cuz he was lost and wanted a quick shortcut home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lost	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux:pass
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wanted	cc
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shortcut	det
8	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shortcut	amod
9	shortcut	shortcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obj
10	home	home	ADV	_	6 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		cuz					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	want	past		a quick shortcut				home property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shortcut=Theme

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