Test 2 · ★ · Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explai…

Wait, the kids were playing bed in the trash, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, kids · What happens: wait, play · To what, where: bed, trash

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 playing	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kids	det
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 playing	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 playing	aux
6	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	parataxis
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 playing	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 trash	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trash	det
10	trash	trash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 playing	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 playing	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	play	past · progressive	the kids	bed		the trash			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Theme

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

Yep, under the straw in a little wooden box with a ragged curtain and a broken lamp hanging above them

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 straw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 straw	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 straw	det
5	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 box	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 box	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 box	amod
9	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 box	amod
10	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 straw	nmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 curtain	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 curtain	det
13	ragged	ragged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 curtain	amod
14	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 box	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 lamp	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 lamp	det
17	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 lamp	amod
18	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 curtain	conj
19	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 lamp	acl
20	above	above	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 hanging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	hang	gerund	a broken lamp not said here					above curtain	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above they=Location

Option 2

Yep, under the straw with a ragged curtain and a cold bucket of water next to them

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 straw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 straw	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 straw	det
5	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 curtain	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 curtain	det
8	ragged	ragged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 curtain	amod
9	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 straw	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 bucket	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bucket	det
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bucket	amod
13	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 curtain	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 water	case
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bucket	nmod
16	next	next	ADV	_	5 straw	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 next	obl

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

Option 3

Yeah, behind the broken cart with a rag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 cart	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cart	punct
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 cart	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cart	det
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cart	amod
6	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 rag	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rag	det
9	rag	rag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cart	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, under the straw with a ragged curtain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 straw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 straw	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 straw	det
5	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 curtain	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 curtain	det
8	ragged	ragged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 curtain	amod
9	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 straw	nmod

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

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