Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy v…

Was the church actually banging inside, like a rave?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, bang · To what, where: church

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 898 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy visits the Florence churches, then is shoved around by his mother and finds a kind home» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 church	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 church	det
3	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 banging	csubj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 banging	advmod
5	banging	bang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 banging	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rave	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 rave	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rave	det
10	rave	rave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 banging	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 banging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the church					tree rules
2	bang	gerund						actually, inside property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, it was calm, but there were lots of bells ringing and people dancing outside on the steps

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 calm	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calm	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	cop
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 were	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 were	cc
8	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 were	expl
9	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	conj
10	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 were	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 bells	case
12	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lots	nmod
13	ringing	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 bells	acl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 people	cc
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lots	conj
16	dancing	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 people	acl
17	outside	outside	ADV	_	16 dancing	advmod
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 steps	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 steps	det
20	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 dancing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	it		calm property	tree rules
2	be	past	lots of bells and people	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ring	gerund	bells not said here			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	dance	gerund	people not said here		on the steps; outside property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on step=Location

Option 2

Yeah, it was properly banging, with music, dancing and people shouting all round the altar

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 banging	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 banging	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 banging	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 banging	aux
5	properly	properly	ADV	_	6 banging	advmod
6	banging	bang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 music	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 music	case
9	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banging	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dancing	punct
11	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 music	appos
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 people	cc
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 dancing	conj
14	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 people	acl
15	all	all	ADV	_	14 shouting	advmod
16	round	round	ADP	_	18 altar	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 altar	det
18	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bang	past · progressive	it	music				properly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location music=Theme
2	shout speech: express	gerund	people not said here					round the altar; all property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, it was calm, with candles and singing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 calm	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calm	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	cop
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 candles	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 candles	case
8	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 calm	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 singing	cc
10	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 candles	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it					with candles and singing; calm property	tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, there was dancing and drums

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 dancing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dancing	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 dancing	expl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dancing	aux
5	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drums	cc
7	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dancing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past · progressive				there			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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