Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the m…
so she keeps the lil foundling vibe by sleeping on a velvet cushion, lol
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: keep, foundling, sleep · To what, where: lil foundling vibe, velvet cushion
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 880 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the mermaid gets legs, dances for the prince, and sails away with him» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 keeps | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 vibe | det |
| 5 | lil | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 vibe | amod |
| 6 | foundling | foundling | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 vibe | amod |
| 7 | vibe | vibe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | obj |
| 8 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 9 sleeping | mark |
| 9 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 keeps | advcl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 cushion | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cushion | det |
| 12 | velvet | velvet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cushion | compound |
| 13 | cushion | cushion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sleeping | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| 15 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 keeps | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | she | the lil foundling vibe | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vibe=Theme | ||||
| 2 | foundling | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | sleep | gerund | she not said here | a velvet cushion | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
yep, right by his door on a velvet cushion, like a pet, and she guards him every night from the sea
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 door | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 6 door | advmod |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 door | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 door | nmod:poss |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 cushion | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cushion | det |
| 9 | velvet | velvet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cushion | compound |
| 10 | cushion | cushion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 door | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 pet | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 pet | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 pet | det |
| 14 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cushion | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 guards | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 guards | cc |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 guards | nsubj |
| 18 | guards | guard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 door | parataxis |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 guards | obj |
| 20 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 night | det |
| 21 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 guards | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | from | from | ADP | _ | 24 sea | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 sea | det |
| 24 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 guards | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | present | pet | him = he | night | from the sea | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary from sea=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yep, right by his door, like a pet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 door | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 6 door | advmod |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 door | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 door | nmod:poss |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 pet | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 pet | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pet | det |
| 10 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 door | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
nope, she sleeps in the stables with the horses, far away from the prince's chambers and the palace bells
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 sleeps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sleeps | nsubj |
| 4 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 stables | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stables | det |
| 7 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sleeps | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 horses | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 horses | det |
| 10 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stables | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 away | punct |
| 12 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 away | advmod |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 sleeps | advmod |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 chambers | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 prince | det |
| 16 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 chambers | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 prince | case |
| 18 | chambers | chamber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 away | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 bells | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 bells | det |
| 21 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 bells | compound |
| 22 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 chambers | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | she | the stables with the horses | away property | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in stable=Location |
Option 4
nope, in a silk bed in the garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 6 bed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bed | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bed | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bed | det |
| 5 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bed | compound |
| 6 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 garden | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 garden | det |
| 9 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bed | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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