Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

the steward sniffs and goes "i smell flowers", bro that's so funny

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: steward, i, bro · What happens: sniff, go, smell, be · To what, where: flowers

This is test 8 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 steward	det
2	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sniffs	nsubj
3	sniffs	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 goes	cc
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sniffs	conj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 smell	punct
7	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 smell	nsubj
8	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sniffs	conj
9	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 smell	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 smell	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bro	punct
12	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sniffs	parataxis
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 funny	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 funny	cop
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 funny	advmod
16	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bro	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sniff	present	the steward			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	present	the steward not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	smell in a quote	present	i	flowers		vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flower=Stimulus
4	is	present	bro		funny property	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

yeah he can't see them because they hide behind the curtains whenever they hear the rattle of keys coming down the hall

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 see	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	obj
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 hide	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hide	nsubj
9	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 see	ccomp
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 curtains	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 curtains	det
12	curtains	curtain	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hide	obl
13	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	15 hear	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hear	nsubj
15	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hide	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rattle	det
17	rattle	rattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hear	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 keys	case
19	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 rattle	nmod
20	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 keys	acl
21	down	down	ADP	_	23 hall	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 hall	det
23	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not see	can	he	them = they		tree rules
2	hide	present	they		the curtains	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind curtain=Location
3	hear	present	curtains = curtain	the rattle of keys		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rattle=Stimulus
4	come down	gerund	keys not said here	the hall		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hall=Theme
5	rattle		keys			nom rattle «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah he can't see them cause they hide behind the curtains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 see	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	obj
7	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	9 hide	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hide	nsubj
9	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 see	advcl
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 curtains	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 curtains	det
12	curtains	curtain	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	he	them = they					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	hide	present	they			the curtains			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind curtain=Location

Option 3

nah he can see them all perfectly well but he pretends not to so the flowers can dance at the ball

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 see	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	obj
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 perfectly	advmod
7	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	4 see	advmod
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 perfectly	fixed
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 pretends	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pretends	nsubj
11	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	conj
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 so	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 so	mark
14	so	so	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 pretends	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 flowers	det
16	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 dance	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 dance	aux
18	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 so	ccomp
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 ball	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ball	det
21	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dance	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	can	he	them = they		perfectly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	pretend	present	he				tree rules
3	not so	to-infinitive	he not said here				tree rules
4	dance	can	the flowers		the ball		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ball=Location

Option 4

yeah the flowers are hidden under the big table cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 hidden	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flowers	det
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hidden	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hidden	aux:pass
5	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	10 cloth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cloth	det
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cloth	amod
9	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cloth	compound
10	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · passive		the flowers		the big table cloth			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient under cloth=Location

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