Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it…
Gutted for the lamp, innit? What did it dream about?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lamp · What happens: gut, innit, dream
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 925 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it will be melted down» 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
Sentence 1: Gutted for the lamp, innit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 lamp | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lamp | det |
| 4 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gutted | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 innit | punct |
| 6 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Gutted | conj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gutted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | participle | for the lamp | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | 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.
Sentence 2: What did it dream about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 dream | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dream | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dream | nsubj |
| 4 | dream | dream | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 dream | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 dream | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dream | past · do-support | lamp | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Being melted down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 melted | aux:pass |
| 2 | melted | melt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | down | down | ADP | _ | 2 melted | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt down | gerund · passive | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V» |
Option 2
Being sold off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 sold | aux:pass |
| 2 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 sold | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell off | gerund · passive | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient» |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Being put out on the street again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 put | aux:pass |
| 2 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 put | compound:prt |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 street | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 street | det |
| 6 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obl |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 put | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put out | gerund · passive | the street | again | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: on street=Destination |
Option 4
Being carried off by a sailor to the Indies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 carried | aux:pass |
| 2 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 carried | compound:prt |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 sailor | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sailor | det |
| 6 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carried | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Indies | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Indies | det |
| 9 | Indies | indy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry off | gerund · passive | a sailor | the Indies | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to indy=Destination |
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