Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the m…

wait the cabin boy really thought the sisters were just foam??

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cabin boy, sisters · What happens: wait, think, be · To what, where: cabin boy, foam · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
3	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boy	compound
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obj
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 thought	advmod
6	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 boy	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sisters	det
8	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 foam	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 foam	cop
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 foam	advmod
11	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thought	ccomp
12	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	the cabin boy	tree rules
2	think speech: other	past	the cabin boy not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	the sisters	foam	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

nah, he saw the mermaid waving and thought it was a bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mermaid	det
6	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obj
7	waving	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 mermaid	acl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thought	cc
9	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saw	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bird	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bird	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bird	det
13	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	past	he	the mermaid	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mermaid=Stimulus
2	wave	gerund	the mermaid not said here		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	past	he not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	mermaid	a bird	tree rules

Option 2

yup, he was clueless and didn't see the mermaid waving at all, and the sisters were just a flock of birds to him

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clueless	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 clueless	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 clueless	cop
5	clueless	clueless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 see	cc
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 see	advmod
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 clueless	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mermaid	det
11	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj
12	waving	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 mermaid	acl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 waving	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 flock	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 flock	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sisters	det
18	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 flock	nsubj
19	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 flock	cop
20	just	just	ADV	_	22 flock	advmod
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 flock	det
22	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clueless	conj
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 birds	case
24	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 flock	nmod
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 him	case
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 flock	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	yup				clueless property	tree rules
2	not see	past · do-support	yup not said here	the mermaid				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mermaid=Stimulus
3	wave	gerund	the mermaid not said here			all		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location
4	is a	past	the sisters	a flock	mermaid		of birds	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he saw the mermaid waving clearly from the rail and shouted to the captain to turn the ship around immediately

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mermaid	det
6	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obj
7	waving	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 mermaid	acl
8	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	7 waving	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 rail	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rail	det
11	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waving	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shouted	cc
13	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saw	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 captain	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 captain	det
16	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouted	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 turn	mark
18	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 shouted	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ship	det
20	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 turn	obj
21	around	around	ADP	_	18 turn	compound:prt
22	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	18 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	the mermaid				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mermaid=Stimulus
2	wave	gerund	the mermaid not said here			the rail	clearly property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shout speech: express	past	he not said here		the captain			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to captain=Recipient
4	turn around	to-infinitive	he not said here	the ship			immediately property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ship=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yup, he was clueless and didn't see the mermaid waving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clueless	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 clueless	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 clueless	cop
5	clueless	clueless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 see	cc
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 see	advmod
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 clueless	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mermaid	det
11	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj
12	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 see	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	yup		clueless property	tree rules
2	not see	past · do-support	yup not said here	the mermaid		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mermaid=Stimulus
3	wave	gerund	yup not said here			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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