Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mot…

Why did the other birds go mental at her?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: other birds · What happens: go

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 go	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 birds	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 birds	amod
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 go	nsubj
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 go	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 go	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	the other birds					at her = she; mental property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at she=Location

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

They thought she was a young peacock, glittering in gold, so they plucked her out of envy

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 peacock	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 peacock	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 peacock	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 peacock	amod
7	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 glittering	punct
9	glittering	glitter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thought	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 gold	case
11	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 glittering	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 plucked	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	15 plucked	advmod
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 plucked	nsubj
15	plucked	pluck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 plucked	obj
17	out	out	ADP	_	19 envy	case
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 envy	case
19	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 plucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	she	a young peacock		tree rules
3	glitter	gerund	They not said here		gold	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in gold=Location
4	pluck	past	they	her = she	envy	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme out envy=Source

Option 2

They thought she was a young peacock from the Hall, so they tore at her gold and feathers in fury

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 peacock	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 peacock	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 peacock	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 peacock	amod
7	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 Hall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Hall	det
10	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 peacock	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 tore	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 tore	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tore	nsubj
14	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	parataxis
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 gold	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 gold	nmod:poss
17	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tore	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 feathers	cc
19	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 gold	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 fury	case
21	fury	fury	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	she	a young peacock	the Hall		tree rules
3	tore	past	they		her gold and feathers	in fury	tree rules

Option 3

They thought she was a young crow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 crow	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 crow	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crow	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crow	amod
7	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	she	a young crow					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They thought she was a young peacock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 peacock	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 peacock	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 peacock	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 peacock	amod
7	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	she	a young peacock					tree rules

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