Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

did the church do anything to save Little Claus?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: church · What happens: do, save · To what, where: church, anything, Little Claus

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 870 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 81: Great Claus is beaten out of town, kills his own grandmother, and nearly drowns Little Claus, who escapes with a drover's cattle» 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 church	det
3	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 did	obj
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 church	acl:relcl
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 do	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 save	mark
7	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 anything	acl
8	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Claus	amod
9	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 save	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		the church	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Eventuality
2	do	present	the church not said here	anything	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
3	save	to-infinitive	the church not said here	Little Claus	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claus=Theme

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

No, but the old drover had already told the priest everything about the trick, so the priest sent for the town guard to catch Great Claus

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 drover	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 drover	amod
6	drover	drover	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 told	aux
8	already	already	ADV	_	9 told	advmod
9	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 everything	det
11	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 everything	compound
12	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 told	obj
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 trick	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 trick	det
15	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 everything	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 sent	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 sent	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 priest	det
19	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sent	nsubj
20	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 told	conj
21	for	for	ADP	_	24 guard	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 guard	det
23	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 guard	compound
24	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sent	obl
25	to	to	PART	_	26 catch	mark
26	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 sent	advcl
27	Great	Great	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 catch	obj
28	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 Great	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the old drover		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient everything=Topic
2	send	participle	the priest		for the town guard	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	catch	to-infinitive	the priest not said here	Great		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent great=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, Great Claus went in for a psalm and left him by the door

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 Great	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Claus	amod
4	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 psalm	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 psalm	det
9	psalm	psalm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 left	cc
11	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 left	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 door	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 door	det
15	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in	past	Great Claus					for a psalm	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for psalm=Beneficiary
2	leave	past	Great Claus not said here	Claus				by the door	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme by door=Location

Option 3

Yes, the priest rang the bell and sent for help straightaway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 rang	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 priest	det
4	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rang	nsubj
5	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bell	det
7	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rang	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sent	cc
9	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rang	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 straightaway	case
11	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 straightaway	compound
12	straightaway	straightaway	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	the priest	the bell					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme
2	send	participle	the priest not said here					for help straightaway	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, the priest saw the sack by the door, opened it, found the drover inside and called the magistrate to arrest Great Claus right away

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 priest	det
4	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	nsubj
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sack	det
7	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 opened	punct
12	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saw	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 opened	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 found	punct
15	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saw	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 drover	det
17	drover	drover	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 found	obj
18	inside	inside	ADV	_	15 found	advmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 called	cc
20	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 found	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 magistrate	det
22	magistrate	magistrate	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 called	obj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 arrest	mark
24	arrest	arrest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 magistrate	acl
25	Great	Great	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 arrest	obj
26	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Great	flat
27	right	right	ADV	_	28 away	advmod
28	away	away	ADV	_	20 called	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	the priest	the sack	by the door	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sack=Stimulus
2	open	past	the priest not said here	sack		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
3	find	past		the drover	inside property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drover=Topic
4	call	past		the magistrate	away property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent magistrate=Recipient
5	arrest	to-infinitive		Great		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent great=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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