Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talk…
did Ole get to see the wild chase this year?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wild · What happens: get, see, chase · To what, where: wild
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 2 | Ole | ole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | amod |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 get | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wild | det |
| 7 | wild | wild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | chase | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 see | xcomp |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 year | det |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chase | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | the wild | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | chase | infinitive | the wild not said here | year | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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
yeah, he saw it all from the tower, every star and chase, super wild, and then went to bed
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | 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 saw | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 it | det |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 tower | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tower | det |
| 9 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 star | punct |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 star | det |
| 12 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tower | appos |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 chase | cc |
| 14 | chase | chase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 star | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 wild | punct |
| 16 | super | super | ADV | _ | 17 wild | advmod |
| 17 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 star | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 went | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 went | cc |
| 20 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 went | advmod |
| 21 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 bed | case |
| 23 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | he | it | the tower | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | go | past | he not said here | bed | then | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location |
Option 2
nah, he was so lost in the geology book that he missed the whole thing
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | aux:pass |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 lost | advmod |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 book | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 book | det |
| 9 | geology | geology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 book | compound |
| 10 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | obl |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 missed | obj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 missed | nsubj |
| 13 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 book | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 thing | det |
| 15 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 thing | amod |
| 16 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 missed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · passive | he | the geology book | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | miss | past | he | the geology book | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he was lost in the book and missed it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 lost | aux:pass |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 book | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 book | det |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lost | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 missed | cc |
| 10 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 lost | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 missed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · passive | he | the book | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | miss | past | book | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4
yeah, he watched from his window
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 watched | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 watched | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 watched | nsubj |
| 4 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 window | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 window | nmod:poss |
| 7 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | he | his window | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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