Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talk…

is Ole a good guy or nah, like does he talk nice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: be, talk

This is test 13 · ★ 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Ole	cop
2	Ole	ole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guy	csubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 guy	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guy	amod
5	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 nah	cc
7	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 guy	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 talk	punct
9	like	like	SCONJ	_	10 does	mark
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 talk	aux
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 talk	nsubj
12	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 guy	parataxis
13	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 talk	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 guy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						ole property	tree rules
2	talk	present · do-support	he					nice property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he is kind and thinks deep stuff about the earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kind	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 thinks	cc
7	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	conj
8	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stuff	amod
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thinks	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 earth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 earth	det
12	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stuff	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					kind property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	he not said here	deep stuff				about the earth	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme

Option 2

nah, he's kinda rude and talks about grease

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 rude	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rude	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rude	cop
5	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	6 rude	advmod
6	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 talks	cc
8	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rude	conj
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 grease	case
10	grease	grease	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 talks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					kinda, rude property	tree rules
2	talk	present	he not said here					about grease	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about grease=Topic

Option 3

yeah, he's kind and thinks deep stuff about the earth and the stars and all the old boulders

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kind	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 thinks	cc
7	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	conj
8	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stuff	amod
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thinks	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 earth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 earth	det
12	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stuff	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 stars	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stars	det
15	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 earth	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 boulders	cc
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 boulders	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 boulders	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 boulders	amod
20	boulders	boulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 earth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					kind property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	he not said here	deep stuff				about the earth and the stars and all old boulders	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme

Option 4

nah, not really, he's grumpy and says weird stuff about grease and graves all the time

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 grumpy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 really	advmod
4	really	really	ADV	_	8 grumpy	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 really	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grumpy	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 grumpy	cop
8	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 says	cc
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 grumpy	conj
11	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stuff	amod
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	obj
13	about	about	ADP	_	14 grease	case
14	grease	grease	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stuff	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 graves	cc
16	graves	grave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 grumpy	conj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 time	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 time	det
19	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 graves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			grumpy property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	he not said here	weird stuff		about grease	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stuff=Topic
3	grave	present	he not said here		time		tree rules

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