Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1…

so who's the sexton anyway

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: sexton

This is test 7 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 sexton	advmod
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sexton	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sexton	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sexton	det
5	sexton	sexton	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 sexton	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the sexton				anyway 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

the church guy who helps out at the church and also collects the money from every family in the village

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guy	det
2	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guy	compound
3	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 helps	nsubj
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 guy	acl:relcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 helps	compound:prt
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 church	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 church	det
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helps	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 collects	cc
11	also	also	ADV	_	12 collects	advmod
12	collects	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 helps	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 money	det
14	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 collects	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 family	case
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 family	det
17	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 collects	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 village	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 village	det
20	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 collects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help out	present	the church guy			the church			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	collect	present	the church guy not said here	the money		every family		in the village	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from family=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the church guy who helps out at the church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guy	det
2	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guy	compound
3	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 helps	nsubj
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 guy	acl:relcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 helps	compound:prt
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 church	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 church	det
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help out	present	the church guy			the church			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

the man who helps the priest with mass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 helps	nsubj
4	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 man	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 priest	det
6	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helps	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 mass	case
8	mass	mass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	the man	the priest				with mass	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent priest=Beneficiary with mass=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

a helper who takes care of the church bells and also lights the candles and digs the graves for the village

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 helper	det
2	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 helper	acl:relcl
5	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 bells	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bells	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bells	compound
9	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 takes	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lights	cc
11	also	also	ADV	_	12 lights	advmod
12	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 takes	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 candles	det
14	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lights	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 digs	cc
16	digs	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 takes	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 graves	det
18	graves	grave	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 digs	obj
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 village	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 village	det
21	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 digs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	present	a helper	care	of the church bells	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of bell=Initial_Location
2	light	present	a helper not said here	the candles		vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product
3	dig	present	a helper not said here	the graves	for the village	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent grave=Result for village=Beneficiary

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