Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony die…

Is the nightcap thing real or sus?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nightcap thing · What happens: be

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 real	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thing	det
3	nightcap	nightcap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thing	compound
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 real	nsubj
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 sus	cc
7	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 real	conj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 real	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the nightcap thing					real property	tree rules
2	be		the nightcap thing not said here						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 · ✓ the right answer

It's just a story they tell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 story	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 story	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 story	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tell	nsubj
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 story	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a story					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	they	a story not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

Option 2

Some say it happened once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 happened	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Some						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	happen	past	it					once property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It really happened in a town near Copenhagen a hundred years ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 happened	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 happened	advmod
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 town	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 town	det
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happened	obl
7	near	near	ADP	_	8 Copenhagen	case
8	Copenhagen	Copenhagen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 town	nmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hundred	det
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 years	nummod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ago	obl:unmarked
12	ago	ago	ADV	_	3 happened	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	It			a town near Copenhagen		ago property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in town=Location

Option 4

They say the cap is still hanging in the mayor's house today

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 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cap	det
4	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hanging	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hanging	aux
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 hanging	advmod
7	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 say	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mayor	det
10	mayor	Mayor	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 house	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 mayor	case
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hanging	obl
13	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hanging	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	They						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hang	present · progressive	the cap			the mayor's house	still; today		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location

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