Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

what's the sea-cattle thing, then?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cattle thing · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ 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	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	7 thing	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cattle	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 sea	punct
6	cattle	cattle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 what	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the cattle thing				then		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

Little Claus says they're cattle from a rich farm by the sea, all fat

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Claus	amod
2	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cattle	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cattle	cop
6	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	ccomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 farm	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 farm	det
9	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 farm	amod
10	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cattle	nmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 farm	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fat	punct
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 fat	det
16	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cattle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Little Claus						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	they	cattle and all fat		a rich farm by the sea			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Little Claus claims they're magic beasts from the sea, all posh and rich

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Claus	amod
2	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 claims	nsubj
3	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 beasts	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 beasts	cop
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beasts	amod
7	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 claims	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beasts	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 posh	punct
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 posh	det
13	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 claims	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 rich	cc
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 posh	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present	Little Claus						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	they	magic beasts		the sea			tree rules

Option 3

Little Claus says they're cows from the sea, bought cheap and well fed

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Claus	amod
2	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cows	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cows	cop
6	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cows	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bought	punct
11	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cows	acl:relcl
12	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fed	cc
14	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 fed	advmod
15	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 cheap	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Little Claus				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	they	cows	the sea		tree rules
3	buy	participle		cows not said here			vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	feed	participle	Little Claus not said here			well property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Little Claus says they're magic beasts from the sea that the king gave him for free and that they can talk and fly over the town walls

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Claus	amod
2	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 beasts	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 beasts	cop
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beasts	amod
7	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	ccomp
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beasts	nmod
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 gave	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gave	nsubj
14	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gave	iobj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 free	case
17	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 gave	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 talk	cc
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 talk	mark
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 talk	nsubj
21	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 talk	aux
22	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 gave	conj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 fly	cc
24	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 talk	conj
25	over	over	ADP	_	28 walls	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 walls	det
27	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 walls	compound
28	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Little Claus					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	present	they	magic beasts		the sea		tree rules
3	give	past	the king		Claus		for free	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme for free=Asset
4	talk	can	beasts = beast					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	fly	infinitive	beasts = beast not said here			the town walls		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Location

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