Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

ida's flowers all droopy, mate, what's the tea

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: flowers · What happens: be · To what, where: tea

This is test 4 · ★ 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	ida	ida	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flowers	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 ida	case
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 mate	det
5	droopy	droopy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mate	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 droopy	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flowers	nmod:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tea	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 tea	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 tea	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tea	det
12	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flowers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	ida's flowers all droopy mate and the tea	the tea					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

they were at a ball all night and the student said the king's steward was watching them the whole time

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ball	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ball	cop
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 ball	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ball	det
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 student	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 student	det
10	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 night	conj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ball	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 steward	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 king	case
15	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watching	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 watching	aux
17	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 said	ccomp
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 watching	obj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 time	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 time	amod
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watching	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is	past	they		a ball		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	all night and the student	a ball not said here			tree rules
3	watch	past · progressive	the king's steward	them = they		time	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

they got drunk on the elder wine last night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drunk	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drunk	aux:pass
3	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 wine	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wine	det
6	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wine	amod
7	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drunk	obl
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 night	amod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drunk	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past · passive		they		the elder wine	night		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

they were out in the garden all night long, the student said the frost got them and that's why

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 garden	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 garden	cop
3	out	out	ADV	_	6 garden	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 garden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 long	obl:unmarked
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 garden	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 student	det
12	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 garden	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 frost	det
15	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 got	nsubj
16	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 said	ccomp
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 got	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 why	cc
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 why	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 why	cop
21	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 garden	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	they		the garden	long, out property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the student				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get	past	the frost	them = they			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
4	is	present	that			why property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

they were at a ball all night, so the student said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ball	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ball	cop
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 ball	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ball	det
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ball	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 said	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 student	det
11	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ball	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they			a ball	night		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the student						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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