Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

bruv the flowers wearing crowns at the golden wedding, lit or what

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bruv flowers · What happens: wear · To what, where: crowns, golden wedding

This is test 2 · ★ 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flowers	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flowers	det
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 flowers	acl
5	crowns	crown	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wearing	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 wedding	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wedding	det
8	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wedding	amod
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wearing	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lit	punct
11	lit	lit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wedding	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 what	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 wedding	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	gerund	the bruv flowers not said here	crowns		the golden wedding and lit			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=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

the flowers all turned into golden birds and flew off over the castle walls to the sea

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flowers	det
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 turned	nsubj
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 turned	advmod
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 birds	case
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 birds	amod
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 turned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 flew	cc
9	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 flew	compound:prt
11	over	over	ADP	_	14 walls	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 walls	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 walls	compound
14	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 flew	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 sea	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sea	det
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the flowers					into golden birds result; all property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into bird=Result
2	fly off	past	the flowers not said here			the castle walls		to the sea	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Location

Option 2

the flowers wore gold crowns and then the steward locked the whole castle gate for the night

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flowers	det
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crowns	compound
5	crowns	crown	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wore	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 locked	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 locked	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 steward	det
9	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 locked	nsubj
10	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wore	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gate	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 gate	amod
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gate	compound
14	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 locked	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the flowers	gold crowns					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme
2	lock	past	the steward	the whole castle gate			then; night		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient

Option 3

the bees brought them tiny silver rings each

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bees	det
2	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brought	obj
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 silver	amod
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rings	nsubj
7	rings	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 brought	advcl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 brought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	the bees	them = they					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination each=Theme
2	ring	present	tiny silver						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the flowers turned to gold crowns on their heads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flowers	det
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 crowns	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crowns	compound
6	crowns	crown	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 heads	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 heads	nmod:poss
9	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the flowers			flowers's heads		to gold crowns	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to crown=Trajectory

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