Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a…

did the field-mouse actually like tiny or was she just using her

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mouse · What happens: do, use · To what, where: field mouse, her

This is test 12 · ★ 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mouse	det
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mouse	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 field	punct
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 did	obj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	1 did	advmod
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 tiny	case
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 actually	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 using	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 using	aux
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 using	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 using	advmod
13	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 did	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the field mouse				actually property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Eventuality
2	use	past · progressive	mouse	her = she					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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 right answer

she liked her but wanted a rich husband for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 liked	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 wanted	cc
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 liked	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 husband	det
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 husband	amod
8	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	she	her = she					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot her=Theme
2	want	past	she not said here	a rich husband				for her = she	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot husband=Theme

Option 2

she liked her, but only wanted a rich husband

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 liked	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wanted	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 wanted	advmod
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 liked	parataxis
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 husband	det
9	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 husband	amod
10	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	she	her = she					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme
2	want	past		a rich husband					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot husband=Theme

Option 3

she was truly fond of her but really wanted a rich, famous husband for her future

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fond	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fond	cop
3	truly	truly	ADV	_	4 fond	advmod
4	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fond	conj
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 wanted	advmod
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fond	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 husband	det
11	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 husband	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rich	punct
13	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 husband	amod
14	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wanted	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 future	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 future	nmod:poss
17	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					fond, truly property	tree rules
2	want	past	she not said here	a rich famous husband				for her future	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot husband=Theme

Option 4

she liked her a lot but mostly wanted a rich husband for her so she'd be safe forever

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 liked	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 liked	obl:unmarked
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 wanted	cc
7	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	8 wanted	advmod
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 liked	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 husband	det
10	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 husband	amod
11	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wanted	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wanted	obl
14	so	so	ADV	_	18 safe	advmod
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 safe	nsubj
16	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 safe	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 safe	cop
18	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wanted	xcomp
19	forever	forever	ADV	_	18 safe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	like	past	she	her = she	a lot obl:unmarked	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme
2	want	past	she not said here	a rich husband	for her = she; mostly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot husband=Theme
3	is not said to happen	would	she		forever, safe property	tree rules

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