Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a…

so what's the deal with the glowy stick in the tunnel

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: deal

This is test 4 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 deal	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 deal	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deal	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deal	det
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 stick	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stick	det
8	glowy	glowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stick	amod
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deal	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 tunnel	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tunnel	det
12	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stick	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the deal				with the glowy stick in the tunnel	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it's rotten wood that shines in the dark, like a torch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wood	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wood	cop
3	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wood	amod
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 shines	nsubj
6	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wood	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dark	det
9	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shines	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 torch	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 torch	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 torch	det
13	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wood	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	rotten wood and a torch					tree rules
2	shine	present	rotten wood and a torch			the dark			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location

Option 2

it's a magic stick the mole got from the swallow that shines in the dark tunnel

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stick	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stick	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 magic	det
4	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stick	nsubj
5	stick	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mole	det
7	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stick	ccomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 swallow	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 swallow	det
11	swallow	swallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stick	obl
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 shines	nsubj
13	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 swallow	acl:relcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 tunnel	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tunnel	det
16	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tunnel	amod
17	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shines	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	stick	present	it	the swallow	tree rules
2	get	past	the mole		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	shine	present	the swallow	the dark tunnel	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tunnel=Location

Option 3

it's dead bark that glows, like a torch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bark	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bark	cop
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bark	amod
4	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 glows	nsubj
6	glows	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bark	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 torch	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 torch	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 torch	det
10	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	dead bark					tree rules
2	glow	present	dead bark					like a torch	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

it's rotten wood that shines in the dark, like a torch the mole lit himself earlier

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wood	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wood	cop
3	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wood	amod
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 shines	nsubj
6	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wood	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dark	det
9	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shines	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 lit	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 torch	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 torch	det
13	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lit	obl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mole	det
15	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lit	nsubj
16	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wood	parataxis
17	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 lit	obj
18	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 lit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	rotten wood			tree rules
2	shine	present	rotten wood		the dark		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location
3	light	past	the mole	mole		like a torch; early property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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