Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the…
why did he kiss the metal pig's nose?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: kiss · To what, where: nose
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 899 «Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the Metal Pig, Bellissima is taken by police, and the boy starts drawing» 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 kiss | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kiss | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kiss | nsubj |
| 4 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pig | det |
| 6 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pig | compound |
| 7 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 nose | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 pig | case |
| 9 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kiss | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 kiss | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | past · do-support | he | the metal pig's nose | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Co-Agent |
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
he loved it and missed it so much after the night ride
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 loved | nsubj |
| 2 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 loved | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 missed | cc |
| 5 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 loved | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 missed | obj |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 much | advmod |
| 8 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 missed | advmod |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 ride | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ride | det |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ride | compound |
| 12 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 missed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | past | he | it | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | miss | past | he not said here | it | after the night ride | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2
he was feeling very sad today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 feeling | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 feeling | aux |
| 3 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 sad | advmod |
| 5 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feeling | xcomp |
| 6 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feeling | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past · progressive | he | today | sad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
he was saying goodbye forever to the bronze pig in the square
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saying | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | aux |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | goodbye | goodbye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saying | obj |
| 5 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 3 saying | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 pig | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pig | det |
| 8 | bronze | bronze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pig | compound |
| 9 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saying | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 square | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 square | det |
| 12 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pig | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · progressive | he | goodbye | the bronze pig in the square | forever property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic to pig=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
he loved it and missed it so much
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 loved | nsubj |
| 2 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 loved | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 missed | cc |
| 5 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 loved | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 missed | obj |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 much | advmod |
| 8 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 missed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | past | he | it | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | miss | past | he not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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