Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a…

so the field-mouse is like, marry the mole, he's rich?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: field mouse, mouse · What happens: marry, be · To what, where: mole

This is test 7 · ★ 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	_	9 marry	advmod
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	9 marry	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 like	cop
7	like	like	INTJ	_	5 mouse	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mouse	punct
9	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mole	det
11	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 marry	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rich	punct
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 rich	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 rich	cop
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 marry	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 marry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	infinitive	the field mouse	the mole					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient
2	is	present	mouse					rich property	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

yeah, she thinks he's the best catch in the whole field, even though he's blind and lives underground

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thinks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thinks	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 blind	advcl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 catch	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 catch	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 catch	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 catch	amod
9	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinks	ccomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 field	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 field	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 field	amod
13	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 catch	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 blind	punct
15	even	even	ADV	_	19 blind	advmod
16	though	though	SCONJ	_	19 blind	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 blind	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 blind	cop
19	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 lives	cc
21	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 blind	conj
22	underground	underground	ADV	_	21 lives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	she				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	he	the best catch	the whole field		tree rules
3	is	present	he			blind property	tree rules
4	live	present	he not said here			underground property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she thinks he's the best catch, even though he's blind

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thinks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thinks	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 catch	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 catch	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 catch	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 catch	amod
9	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinks	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 blind	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	15 blind	advmod
12	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 blind	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 blind	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 blind	cop
15	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	she			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	he	the best catch		tree rules
3	is	present	he		blind property	tree rules

Option 3

yeah, she thinks he's a great match, though he's blind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thinks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thinks	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 match	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 match	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 match	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 match	amod
9	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinks	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 blind	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 blind	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 blind	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 blind	cop
14	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	she			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	he	a great match		tree rules
3	is	present	he		blind property	tree rules

Option 4

yeah, she likes him, but he's blind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 likes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 likes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 likes	nsubj
4	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 likes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 blind	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 blind	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 blind	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 blind	cop
10	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 likes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	she	him = he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
2	is	present	he					blind property	tree rules

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