Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is s…

yo, why'd they yank the church bell down, bruh?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: yank · To what, where: church bell

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 919 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is sold, melted, and cast into a statue of a poet» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	6 yank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 yank	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 yank	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 yank	nsubj
6	yank	yank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bell	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bell	compound
9	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 yank	obj
10	down	down	ADV	_	6 yank	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bruh	punct
12	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	6 yank	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 yank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yank	present	they	the church bell				down property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bell=Patient

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

The town wanted the copper for a statue and the crack made it worthless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 copper	det
5	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 statue	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 statue	det
8	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 made	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crack	det
11	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj
12	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 made	obj
14	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the town	the copper				for a statue	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot copper=Theme
2	make	past	the crack	copper				worthless property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Because the crack made it useless and the council wanted a new bell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 made	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crack	det
3	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	obj
6	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 council	det
9	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bell	det
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bell	amod
13	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the crack	it				useless property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	want	past	the council	a new bell					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bell=Theme

Option 3

They needed the metal for a statue

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 needed	nsubj
2	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 metal	det
4	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needed	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 statue	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 statue	det
7	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	They	the metal				for a statue	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot metal=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It had a crack and could not chime

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	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crack	det
4	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 chime	cc
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 chime	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 chime	advmod
8	chime	chime	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	It	a crack					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Patient
2	not chime	could							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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