Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talk…

bro did Ole actually ride to Amack on a quill pen, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro · What happens: do, ride · To what, where: Ole, Amack, quill pen

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 929 «Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talks about boulders, the wild ride to Amack and falling stars» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ole	Ole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 ride	advmod
5	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Amack	case
7	Amack	Amack	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ride	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 pen	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pen	det
10	quill	quill	NOUN	_	11 pen	compound
11	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ride	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cap	punct
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 cap	det
14	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pen	appos
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	bro	Ole					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ole=Eventuality
2	ride	present	bro not said here		Amack	a quill pen		actually property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to amack=Trajectory

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

yeah, he rode it the whole way, no lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 rode	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rode	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	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 rode	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lie	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 lie	det
11	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	he	it				the whole way and no lie obl:unmarked	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location

Option 2

nah, he just made it up for fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 made	advmod
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 made	compound:prt
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 fun	case
9	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	past	he	it				for fun	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

nah, he just says it, but his niece got carted there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 says	advmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 carted	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 carted	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 niece	nmod:poss
10	niece	niece	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carted	nsubj:pass
11	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 carted	aux:pass
12	carted	cart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 says	conj
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 carted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	cart	past · passive		his niece		there			vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

nah, it's just a figure of speech, but his niece got carted there in a cart

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 figure	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 figure	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 figure	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 figure	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 figure	det
7	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 speech	case
9	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 figure	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 carted	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 carted	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 niece	nmod:poss
13	niece	niece	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carted	nsubj:pass
14	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 carted	aux:pass
15	carted	cart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 figure	acl
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 carted	advmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 cart	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 cart	det
19	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a figure				of speech	tree rules
2	cart	past · passive	a figure not said here	his niece		a cart; there			vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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