Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon sh…

Ngl, what does the old word "sexton" mean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: do, mean · To what, where: old word

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 sexton	punct
9	sexton	sexton	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 sexton	punct
11	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 does	parataxis
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	Ngl	the old word					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality
2	mean	infinitive							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

The churchyard caretaker who digs graves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 caretaker	det
2	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caretaker	compound
3	caretaker	caretaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 digs	nsubj
5	digs	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caretaker	acl:relcl
6	graves	grave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 digs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	present	the churchyard caretaker	graves					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A church priest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 priest	det
2	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 priest	compound
3	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A servant who ran the theatre stage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stage	det
6	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stage	compound
7	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	a servant	the theatre stage					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stage=Trajectory

Option 4

A hired mourner who sings at funerals and weeps for pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mourner	det
2	hired	hire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mourner	amod
3	mourner	mourner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sings	nsubj
5	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mourner	acl:relcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 funerals	case
7	funerals	funeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sings	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 weeps	cc
9	weeps	weep	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 funerals	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 pay	case
11	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hire	participle							vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	sing speech: express	present	a hired mourner			funerals and weeps		for pay	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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