Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a…

is it true the swallows just die in winter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, swallows · What happens: be, die

This is test 9 · ★ 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 swallows	csubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 swallows	det
5	swallows	swallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 die	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 die	advmod
7	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 winter	case
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 die	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 die	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					true property	tree rules
2	die	present	the swallows				winter		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

some stay around and freeze, but they can come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 stay	nsubj
2	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	around	around	ADV	_	2 stay	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 freeze	cc
5	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stay	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 come	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 come	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 come	aux
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stay	conj
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stay around	present	some	around property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	freeze	infinitive	some not said here		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	come back	can	they		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

yes, all swallows die in winter unless they hide in mud, but some wake up in the spring

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 die	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 swallows	det
4	swallows	swallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 die	nsubj
5	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 die	obl
8	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	10 hide	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hide	nsubj
10	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 die	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 mud	case
12	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hide	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wake	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 wake	cc
15	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	16 wake	nsubj
16	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 die	conj
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 wake	compound:prt
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 spring	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 spring	det
20	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wake	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	die	present	all swallows		winter	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	hide a condition, not said to happen	present	swallows = swallow	mud		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in mud=Location
3	wake up	present	some		spring	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

some stay behind and get frozen, but they can wake up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 stay	nsubj
2	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADV	_	2 stay	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 get	cc
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stay	conj
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 get	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wake	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 wake	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wake	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 wake	aux
11	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stay	conj
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 wake	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stay	present	some	behind property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	infinitive	some not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	freeze	participle	some not said here		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	wake up	can	they		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

most fly south, but some stay and freeze in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 fly	nsubj
2	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	south	south	ADV	_	2 fly	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stay	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 stay	cc
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 stay	nsubj
7	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fly	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 freeze	cc
9	freeze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fly	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 winter	case
11	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 freeze	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	most		south property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stay	present	some			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	freeze	present	most not said here	winter		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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