Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldie…

what did the neighbours reckon about the old house getting knocked down?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: neighbours, old house · What happens: do, reckon, get, knock down

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» 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	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 neighbours	det
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 reckon	nsubj
5	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 house	amod
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reckon	obl
10	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 house	acl
11	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 getting	xcomp
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 knocked	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reckon	present	the neighbours	about the old house	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	get	gerund	the old house not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	knock down	participle	the old house not said here		vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=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

We never liked that dreadful house with its broken windows and we are glad it is finally gone

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 liked	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 liked	advmod
3	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 house	det
5	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 house	amod
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 liked	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 windows	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 windows	nmod:poss
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 windows	amod
10	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 house	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 glad	cc
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 glad	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 glad	cop
14	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 liked	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 gone	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 gone	cop
17	finally	finally	ADV	_	18 gone	advmod
18	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 glad	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not like	past	We	that dreadful house	with house's broken windows	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot house=Theme
2	break	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	we		glad property	tree rules
4	is	present	house		finally, go property	tree rules

Option 2

Finally, no more eyesore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finally	finally	ADV	_	5 eyesore	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Finally	punct
3	no	no	ADV	_	4 more	advmod
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 eyesore	amod
5	eyesore	eyesore	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Our gardens will look much better now that such an ugly eyesore has been cleared away

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 gardens	nmod:poss
2	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 look	aux
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	much	much	ADV	_	6 better	advmod
6	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 look	xcomp
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 look	advmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 cleared	mark
9	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	12 eyesore	det:predet
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 eyesore	det
11	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 eyesore	amod
12	eyesore	eyesore	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cleared	nsubj:pass
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 cleared	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 cleared	aux:pass
15	cleared	clear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 look	advcl
16	away	away	ADV	_	15 cleared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	future	Our gardens				now	good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	clear away	present · perfect · passive		such ugly eyesore				away property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"What a good riddance"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 riddance	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 riddance	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 riddance	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 riddance	amod
5	riddance	riddance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 riddance	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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