Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony die…

What's the moral, lol?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: moral · What happens: be

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 918 «Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony dies alone, and his tears are found in a nightcap» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moral	det
4	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
6	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 What	discourse
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the moral						tree rules

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

Never trust a cap that pleads for tears when the moon is full and the wind blows

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 trust	advmod
2	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cap	det
4	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trust	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 pleads	nsubj
6	pleads	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cap	acl:relcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 tears	case
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pleads	obl
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 full	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 moon	det
11	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 full	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 full	cop
13	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pleads	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 blows	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wind	det
16	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 blows	nsubj
17	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 trust	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not trust	imperative	you not said here	a cap		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme
2	plead speech: request	present	a cap		for tears	tree rules
3	is	present	the moon		full property	tree rules
4	blow	present	the wind			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Never wish for a bachelor's bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 wish	advmod
2	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	7 bed	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bachelor	det
5	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bed	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 bachelor	case
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wish	imperative	you not said here					for a bachelor's bed	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for bed=Theme

Option 3

Be careful what you wish for when you lie down to sleep in an unfamiliar house

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 careful	cop
2	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 wish	obj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 wish	nsubj
5	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 careful	ccomp
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 lie	mark
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 lie	advmod
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 lie	nsubj
9	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 careful	advcl
10	down	down	ADV	_	9 lie	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 sleep	mark
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 lie	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 house	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 house	det
15	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 house	amod
16	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here		careful property	tree rules
2	wish	present	you			vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
3	lie down	present	you		down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	sleep	to-infinitive	you not said here	a unfamiliar house		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Don't wish for a bachelor's nightcap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 wish	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 wish	advmod
3	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	8 nightcap	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bachelor	det
6	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nightcap	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 bachelor	case
8	nightcap	nightcap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wish	imperative · do-support	you not said here					for a bachelor's nightcap	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for nightcap=Theme

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