Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is s…

wait, what did the boy do when he saw the bell?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, boy · What happens: wait, do, see · To what, where: bell

This is test 5 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 saw	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bell	det
12	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past · do-support			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	see	past	boy	the bell	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bell=Stimulus

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

He kissed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	He	it					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent

Option 2

He wept, bowed his head, and kissed the cold metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bowed	punct
4	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bowed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kissed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kissed	cc
9	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 metal	det
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 metal	amod
12	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kissed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	weep	past	He		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bow	past	He not said here	his head	vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic
3	kiss	past	He not said here	the cold metal	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Co-Agent

Option 3

He touched it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 touched	nsubj
2	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 touched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	past	He	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Option 4

He bowed his head and knelt before it in silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bowed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 knelt	cc
6	knelt	kneel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bowed	conj
7	before	before	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 knelt	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 silence	case
10	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knelt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	He	his head					vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic
2	kneel	participle	He not said here			silence	before head		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before it=Location

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