Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

wait, why did the landlord go mental at the old lady?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, landlord · What happens: wait, go

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 go	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 landlord	det
6	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
8	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 lady	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lady	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lady	amod
12	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mental	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	past · do-support	the landlord					mental property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Cos she kept shouting that Little Claus had stolen her money and he got really upset about it all

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 kept	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 stolen	mark
6	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Claus	amod
7	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 stolen	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 stolen	aux
9	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 shouting	ccomp
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 money	nmod:poss
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stolen	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 got	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 got	nsubj
14	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	conj
15	really	really	ADV	_	16 upset	advmod
16	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 got	xcomp
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 upset	obl
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	past	she	all		tree rules
2	shout speech: express	gerund	all not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	steal	past · perfect	Little Claus	Claus's money		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location money=Theme
4	get	past	he		upset property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cos he got proper angry and chucked the mead at her face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 got	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	proper	properly	ADV	_	5 angry	advmod
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chucked	cc
7	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mead	det
9	mead	mead	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chucked	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 face	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 face	nmod:poss
12	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he					angry property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	chuck	past	he not said here	the mead		her face			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mead=Theme at face=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cos she kept asking for more drinks and it got on his nerves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 kept	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 drinks	case
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 drinks	amod
7	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 asking	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 got	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 nerves	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 nerves	nmod:poss
13	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	keep	past	she			tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	she not said here		for more drinks	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	past	it	his nerves		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on nerve=Source

Option 4

Cos she was dead and he thought she was rude to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 dead	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dead	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dead	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rude	csubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 thought	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thought	nsubj
7	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dead	conj
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rude	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 rude	cop
10	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		dead property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	past	he			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	she	him = he	rude property	tree rules

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