Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Rose-Tree: sparrows find their…
Why did the sparrows reckon the roses ran the whole place?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sparrows, roses · What happens: reckon, run · To what, where: whole place
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 911 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Rose-Tree: sparrows find their old neighbours at Thorwaldsen's grave» 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 | 5 reckon | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reckon | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sparrows | det |
| 4 | sparrows | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 reckon | nsubj |
| 5 | reckon | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 ran | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 roses | det |
| 7 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ran | nsubj |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 place | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 place | amod |
| 11 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ran | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past · do-support | the sparrows | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | run | past | the roses | the whole place | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=Trajectory |
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 · ✓ the right answer
they thought the house was built for them
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 house | det |
| 4 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 built | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 built | aux:pass |
| 6 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | they | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | build | past · passive | the house | for them = they | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for they=Asset |
Option 2
they thought the whole house had been built just for them to bloom in
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 house | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 house | amod |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 built | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 built | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 built | aux:pass |
| 8 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 them | advmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 them | case |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 built | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 bloom | mark |
| 13 | bloom | bloom | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 built | advcl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 bloom | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | they | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | build | past · perfect · passive | the whole house | for them = they | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for they=Asset | ||||
| 3 | bloom | to-infinitive | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
they believed they ruled the courtyard and the house was built for them and their kin
The tree, 16 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 believed | nsubj |
| 2 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ruled | nsubj |
| 4 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 believed | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 courtyard | det |
| 6 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruled | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 built | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 house | det |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 built | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 built | aux:pass |
| 11 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 believed | conj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 them | case |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 built | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 kin | cc |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 kin | nmod:poss |
| 16 | kin | kin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 them | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | they | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | rule | past | they | the courtyard | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courtyard=Theme | ||||
| 3 | build | past · passive | the house | for them = they | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for they=Asset |
Option 4
they thought the garden belonged to the painter
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 garden | det |
| 4 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 belonged | nsubj |
| 5 | belonged | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 painter | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 painter | det |
| 8 | painter | painter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 belonged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | they | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | belong | past | the garden | to the painter | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
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