Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1…

what's the point of the pearl thing

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: point · What happens: be, point · To what, where: pearl thing

This is test 9 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 point	det
4	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 thing	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thing	compound
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 point	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the point of the pearl thing						tree rules
2	point			the pearl thing					nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

it's a gift for the baby lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gift	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gift	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gift	det
4	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 baby	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 baby	det
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gift	nmod
8	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 gift	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a gift				for the baby	tree rules

Option 2

it helps the baby sleep through the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sleep	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sleep	compound
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	it	the baby sleep			night		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

it links the earth to heaven like a rainbow bridge and it also gives the newborn child great wealth

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 links	nsubj
2	links	link	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 earth	det
4	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 links	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 heaven	case
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 links	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 bridge	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bridge	det
9	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bridge	compound
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 links	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gives	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gives	nsubj
13	also	also	ADV	_	14 gives	advmod
14	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 links	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 child	det
16	newborn	newborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 child	amod
17	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gives	obj
18	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 wealth	amod
19	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	link	present	it	the earth				to heaven; like a rainbow bridge	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent earth=Patient to heaven=Co-Patient
2	give	present	earth	great wealth	the newborn child				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient wealth=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

it links the earth to heaven like a rainbow bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 links	nsubj
2	links	link	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 earth	det
4	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 links	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 heaven	case
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 links	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 bridge	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bridge	det
9	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bridge	compound
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 links	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	link	present	it	the earth				to heaven; like a rainbow bridge	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent earth=Patient to heaven=Co-Patient

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