Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…
and the tulips were like the old grannies watching the dance, fr
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tulips · What happens: watch · To what, where: dance
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 watching | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tulips | det |
| 3 | tulips | tulip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 watching | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 watching | aux |
| 5 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 9 watching | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 grannies | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 grannies | amod |
| 8 | grannies | grannie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 watching | nsubj |
| 9 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dance | det |
| 11 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 watching | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fr | punct |
| 13 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 watching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past · progressive | the tulips | the dance | fr obl | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
yeah the tulips and tiger-lilies watched it all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 tulips | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tulips | det |
| 3 | tulips | tulip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 watched | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 lilies | cc |
| 5 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lilies | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 tiger | punct |
| 7 | lilies | lily | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tulips | conj |
| 8 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 watched | obj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 it | det |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | the tulips and tiger lilies | it | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
yeah the tulips and tiger-lilies watched it all from the balconies while the student told the stories
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 tulips | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tulips | det |
| 3 | tulips | tulip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 watched | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 lilies | cc |
| 5 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lilies | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 tiger | punct |
| 7 | lilies | lily | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tulips | conj |
| 8 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 watched | obj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 it | det |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 balconies | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 balconies | det |
| 13 | balconies | balcony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 watched | obl |
| 14 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 17 told | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 student | det |
| 16 | student | student | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 told | nsubj |
| 17 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 watched | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 stories | det |
| 19 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 told | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | the tulips and tiger lilies | it | the balconies | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the student | the stories | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |
Option 3
yeah the cockscombs bowed to the royal pair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 bowed | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cockscombs | det |
| 3 | cockscombs | cockscomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bowed | nsubj |
| 4 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 pair | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pair | det |
| 7 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pair | amod |
| 8 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bow | past | the cockscombs | to the royal pair | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to pair=Theme |
Option 4
nah the tulips and tiger-lilies were dancing with the violets all night and only the grannies watched
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 dancing | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tulips | det |
| 3 | tulips | tulip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 dancing | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 lilies | cc |
| 5 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lilies | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 tiger | punct |
| 7 | lilies | lily | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tulips | conj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dancing | aux |
| 9 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 watched | csubj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 violets | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 violets | det |
| 12 | violets | violet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 dancing | obl |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 night | det |
| 14 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dancing | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 grannies | cc |
| 16 | only | only | ADV | _ | 18 grannies | advmod |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 grannies | det |
| 18 | grannies | grannie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 night | conj |
| 19 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | past · progressive | the tulips and tiger lilies | night | with the violets | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | watch | past | dancing | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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