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

wait, did the drover just let himself get drowned?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, himself · What happens: wait, do, let, get, drown · To what, where: drover, himself

This is test 8 · ★ 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	_	3 did	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 drover	det
5	drover	drover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 let	advmod
7	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 let	obj
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 get	xcomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you not said here	the drover	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drover=Eventuality
3	let	infinitive		himself = he	tree rules
4	get	infinitive	himself = he not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	drown	participle	himself = he not said here		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

He wanted money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	money					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

Option 2

He said he'd go to heaven, so he climbed in the sack for Little Claus

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 heaven	case
7	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 climbed	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 climbed	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 climbed	nsubj
11	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	parataxis
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sack	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sack	det
14	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 climbed	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 Claus	case
16	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Claus	amod
17	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 climbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	would	he	heaven		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial_Location
3	climb	past	he	the sack	for Little Claus	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sack=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He agreed to take Little Claus's place for a bushel of money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 take	mark
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Claus	amod
6	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 place	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Claus	case
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 bushel	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bushel	det
11	bushel	bushel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 money	case
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bushel	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	Little Claus's place				for a bushel of money	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent place=Theme for bushel=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He said he wasn't going to heaven, so he got in the sack for Little Claus

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 going	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 going	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 going	advmod
6	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 said	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 heaven	case
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 going	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 got	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 sack	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sack	det
15	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 Claus	case
17	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 Claus	amod
18	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not go	past · progressive	he	heaven		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial_Location
3	get	past	he	the sack	for Little Claus	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for claus=Beneficiary

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