Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a…

yo why does tiny even care about a dead bird, it's just a bird lol

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo, bird · What happens: be, care · To what, where: bird

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 883 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a frozen swallow while the field-mouse plans her wedding to the mole» 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	yo	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tiny	nsubj
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 tiny	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tiny	cop
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 care	advmod
6	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tiny	advcl
7	about	about	ADP	_	10 bird	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bird	det
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bird	amod
10	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 care	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bird	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bird	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 bird	cop
14	just	just	ADV	_	16 bird	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bird	det
16	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tiny	parataxis
17	lol	lol	INTJ	_	16 bird	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	yo		tiny property	tree rules
2	care	present	yo not said here		about a dead bird	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about bird=Stimulus
3	is a	present	bird	a bird		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

cause the swallow sang to her all summer and she wants to bury him right in the field before winter

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 swallow	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 swallow	det
3	swallow	swallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sang	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 summer	det
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wants	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wants	nsubj
11	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sang	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 bury	mark
13	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wants	xcomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bury	obj
15	right	right	ADV	_	18 field	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 field	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 field	det
18	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bury	obl
19	before	before	ADP	_	20 winter	case
20	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	cause	infinitive						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	sing speech: express	past	the cause swallow		her = she		summer	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient
3	want	present	swallow					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	bury not said to happen	to-infinitive	swallow not said here	him = he		the field	winter	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in field=Destination

Option 2

cause she thinks the mole is rude to birds and wants to bury it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thinks	aux
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thinks	nsubj
3	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mole	det
5	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rude	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	cop
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thinks	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 birds	case
9	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rude	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wants	cc
11	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thinks	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 bury	mark
13	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wants	xcomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bury	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	infinitive	she			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the mole		to birds; rude property	tree rules
3	want	present	she not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	bury not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	mole		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

cause the swallow sang to her all summer and she feels sad he died, plus the mole said it was nothing

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 swallow	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 swallow	det
3	swallow	swallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sang	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 summer	det
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 feels	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 feels	nsubj
11	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sang	conj
12	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 feels	xcomp
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 died	nsubj
14	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sad	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 said	punct
16	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	19 said	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mole	det
18	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 said	nsubj
19	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sang	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 nothing	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 nothing	cop
22	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	19 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	sing speech: express	past	the cause swallow		her = she	summer		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient
3	feel	present	swallow				sad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	die	past	he					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	say speech: assert	past	the mole					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	is a	past	mole	nothing				tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cause the swallow sang to her all summer and she loves little birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 swallow	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 swallow	det
3	swallow	swallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sang	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 summer	det
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 loves	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 loves	nsubj
11	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sang	conj
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 birds	amod
13	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 loves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	cause	infinitive					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	sing speech: express	past	the cause swallow		her = she	summer	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient
3	love	present	swallow	little birds			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus

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