Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

ngl the violets were the little sailor boys at the dance, right

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, violets · What happens: ngl, be · To what, where: dance, little sailor boys

This is test 6 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 violets	det
3	violets	violet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 boys	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 boys	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boys	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boys	amod
7	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boys	compound
8	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 ngl	ccomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 dance	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dance	det
11	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ngl	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	1 ngl	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ngl	imperative	you not said here			the dance			tree rules
2	is a	past	the violets	the little sailor boys					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the blue violets were naval cadets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 cadets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 violets	det
4	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 violets	amod
5	violets	violet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cadets	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cadets	cop
7	naval	naval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cadets	amod
8	cadets	cadet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the blue violets	naval cadets					tree rules

Option 2

nah the red poppies were the naval officers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 officers	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 poppies	det
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 poppies	amod
4	poppies	poppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 officers	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 officers	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 officers	det
7	naval	naval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 officers	amod
8	officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the red poppies	the naval officers					tree rules

Option 3

yeah they were sailors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sailors	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sailors	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sailors	cop
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	they	sailors					tree rules

Option 4

yeah the white lilies were the castle maids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 maids	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lilies	det
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lilies	amod
4	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 maids	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 maids	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 maids	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 maids	compound
8	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the white lilies	the castle maids					tree rules

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