Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

could the flowers from the botanical gardens actually fly to the castle, mate

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: flowers · What happens: fly

This is test 9 · ★ 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	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fly	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flowers	det
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fly	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 gardens	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gardens	det
6	botanical	botanical	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gardens	compound
7	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flowers	nmod
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 fly	advmod
9	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 castle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 castle	det
12	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fly	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mate	punct
14	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 castle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	could	the flowers from the botanical gardens					to the castle and mate result; actually property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to castle=Result

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 student says some bees can carry them with wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 student	det
2	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 bees	det
5	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carry	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 carry	aux
7	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 carry	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 wings	case
10	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the student						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	carry	can	some bees	them = they				with wings	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the student says some flowers can fly with their leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 student	det
2	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 flowers	det
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fly	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fly	aux
7	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 leaves	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 leaves	nmod:poss
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the student						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fly	can	some flowers					with flowers's leaves	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

the student says no flowers can fly but the nettle can sign to the carnation across the whole garden bed at night

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 student	det
2	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 flowers	det
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fly	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fly	aux
7	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 sign	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nettle	det
10	nettle	nettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sign	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 sign	aux
12	sign	sign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fly	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 carnation	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 carnation	det
15	carnation	carnation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sign	obl
16	across	across	ADP	_	20 bed	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bed	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 bed	amod
19	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 bed	compound
20	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sign	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 night	case
22	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sign	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the student				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fly	can	no flowers				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sign	can	the nettle	the carnation	the whole garden bed	night	vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to carnation=Recipient

Option 4

the student says some flowers can fly with their leaves, and the botanical gardens have a whole row of them waiting by the gate

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 student	det
2	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 flowers	det
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fly	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fly	aux
7	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 leaves	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 leaves	nmod:poss
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fly	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 have	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gardens	det
14	botanical	botanical	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gardens	compound
15	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 have	nsubj
16	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 row	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 row	amod
19	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 have	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 row	nmod
22	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 have	advcl
23	by	by	ADP	_	25 gate	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 gate	det
25	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the student			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fly	can	some flowers		with flowers's leaves	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	present	the botanical gardens	a whole row of flowers		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=Patient
4	wait	gerund	the botanical gardens not said here		by the gate	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by gate=Location

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