Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

wait the nettle stung the professor cause he clapped on it, how dumb is that

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nettle, professor · What happens: wait, be, cause, clap · To what, where: nettle

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» 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	4 stung	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nettle	det
3	nettle	nettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stung	nsubj
4	stung	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 professor	det
6	professor	professor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	nsubj
7	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stung	ccomp
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 clapped	nsubj
9	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cause	ccomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 clapped	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dumb	punct
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 dumb	advmod
14	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 clapped	conj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stung	cop
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 stung	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	wait	infinitive	the nettle not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the nettle		sting property	tree rules
3	cause	present	the professor			tree rules
4	clap	past	professor	nettle		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah he did not like the nettle saying nice things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 like	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 like	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 like	advmod
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nettle	det
7	nettle	nettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	obj
8	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 like	xcomp
9	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 things	amod
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	past · do-support	he	the nettle					tree rules
2	say speech: assert not said to happen	gerund	he not said here	nice things					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

Option 2

nah he clapped on it because the nettle said nice things about his wife and the carnation at the back of the garden bed

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 clapped	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 clapped	nsubj
3	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 clapped	obl
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nettle	det
8	nettle	nettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 clapped	advcl
10	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 things	amod
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 said	obj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 wife	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wife	nmod:poss
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 things	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 carnation	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 carnation	det
17	carnation	carnation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wife	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 back	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 back	det
20	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 bed	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 bed	det
23	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 bed	compound
24	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 back	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clap	past	he			it			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location
2	say speech: assert	past	the nettle	nice things		the back of the garden bed		about nettle's wife and the carnation	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah he did not like the nettle saying nice things so it stung him as soon as he touched the leaves

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 like	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 like	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 like	advmod
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nettle	det
7	nettle	nettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	obj
8	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 like	xcomp
9	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 things	amod
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 saying	obj
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 stung	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stung	nsubj
13	stung	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 saying	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stung	obj
15	as	as	ADV	_	16 soon	advmod
16	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 stung	advmod
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 touched	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 touched	nsubj
19	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 stung	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 leaves	det
21	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 touched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not like	past · do-support	he	the nettle		tree rules
2	say speech: assert not said to happen	gerund	he not said here	nice things		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
3	sting	past	nettle	him = he	soon property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
4	touch	past	he	the leaves		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme leaf=Co-Theme

Option 4

yeah he hated the nettle telling him rude secrets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 hated	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hated	nsubj
3	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 nettle	det
5	nettle	nettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hated	obj
6	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 nettle	acl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 telling	iobj
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 secrets	amod
9	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	he	the nettle					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nettle=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	the nettle not said here	rude secrets	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient secret=Topic

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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