Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Ara…

Bro, why was Helga up all night staring at the sky?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro, night · What happens: be, stare · To what, where: Helga

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 896 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga is wed to an Arab prince at the storks' house» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Helga	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 Bro	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Helga	cop
5	Helga	Helga	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 Helga	compound:prt
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Helga	appos
9	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 night	acl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 sky	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sky	det
12	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 staring	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 Helga	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Bro	Helga					tree rules
2	stare	gerund	all night not said here					at the sky	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=Theme

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

She was stoked about her new man

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	3 stoked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stoked	aux:pass
3	stoked	stoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 man	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 man	nmod:poss
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stoked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stoke	past · passive		She				about her new man	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She was buzzing about her luck

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	3 buzzing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 buzzing	aux
3	buzzing	buzz	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 luck	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 luck	nmod:poss
6	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 buzzing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	past · progressive	She					about her luck	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about luck=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She was so happy about her luck she forgot God, the Giver

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 happy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 happy	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 happy	advmod
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 luck	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 luck	nmod:poss
7	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happy	obl
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgot	nsubj
9	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 luck	acl:relcl
10	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 forgot	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Giver	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Giver	det
13	Giver	Giver	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 God	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					about her luck; happy property	tree rules
2	forget	past	she	God and the Giver					tree rules

Option 4

Watching for the nightingale's song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	6 song	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nightingale	det
4	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 song	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 nightingale	case
6	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Watching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund						for the nightingale's song	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for song=Theme
2	sing		the nightingale						nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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