Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

wait so the little boy thought he went to warm countries, deadly

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, little boy, boy · What happens: wait, think, go · To what, where: warm countries · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	6 thought	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boy	amod
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thought	nsubj
6	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thought	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 countries	case
10	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 countries	amod
11	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 went	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 deadly	punct
13	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	the little boy		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	go	past	boy	warm countries	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial_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

yeah he thought he was on a boat trip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 thought	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 trip	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 trip	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 trip	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 trip	det
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trip	compound
9	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he			a boat trip			tree rules

Option 2

yeah he dreamed about the teapot in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 dreamed	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dreamed	nsubj
3	dreamed	dream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 teapot	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teapot	det
6	teapot	teapot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dreamed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sun	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sun	det
9	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dreamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dream	past	he			the sun		about the teapot	vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about teapot=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah he thought he went because of the elder tea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 thought	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thought	ccomp
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	10 tea	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 because	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tea	det
9	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tea	amod
10	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	go	past	he					because the elder tea	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

nah he thought he went to warm countries but actually he just fell asleep under the elder tree by the wall

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 thought	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thought	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 countries	case
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 countries	amod
8	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 went	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 fell	cc
10	actually	actually	ADV	_	13 fell	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fell	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 fell	advmod
13	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thought	conj
14	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fell	xcomp
15	under	under	ADP	_	18 tree	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tree	det
17	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 tree	amod
18	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fell	obl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 wall	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 wall	det
21	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	go	past	he	warm countries		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial_Location
3	fall	past	he	the elder tree	by the wall; actually, asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under tree=Location

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