Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mot…

Did the painter, like, care about the sparrows at all?

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

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 910 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mother is pecked to death, and her children burn their own nest» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 care	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 painter	det
3	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 care	punct
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 care	mark
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 like	punct
7	care	care	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 sparrows	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sparrows	det
10	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 care	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 care	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 care	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past · do-support				all		about the sparrows	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about sparrow=Stimulus

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

Yeah, he saved the sparrows from the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 saved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saved	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saved	nsubj
4	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sparrows	det
6	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 saved	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	he	the sparrows		the fire			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sparrow=Theme from fire=Source

Option 2

Nah, he only wanted the roses in his picture, not the sparrows, the house, or the couple

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roses	det
7	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wanted	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 picture	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 picture	nmod:poss
10	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sparrows	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 sparrows	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sparrows	det
14	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 picture	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 house	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 house	det
17	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 picture	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 couple	punct
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 couple	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 couple	det
21	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the roses		his picture and the sparrows and the house			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rose=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he only wanted the roses in his picture

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roses	det
7	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wanted	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 picture	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 picture	nmod:poss
10	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the roses		his picture			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rose=Theme

Option 4

Nah, he only wanted the roses in his picture and ignored the birds in the fire

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roses	det
7	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wanted	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 picture	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 picture	nmod:poss
10	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ignored	cc
12	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wanted	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 birds	det
14	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ignored	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 fire	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fire	det
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ignored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the roses		his picture			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rose=Theme
2	ignore	past	he not said here	the birds		the fire			vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme

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