Test 6 · ★ · Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explai…
Okay so Death is like a bus driver?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | 8 driver | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 3 Death | case |
| 3 | Death | Death | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Okay | nmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 driver | cop |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 driver | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 driver | det |
| 7 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 driver | compound |
| 8 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 driver | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | like a bus driver | 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.
The options
Option 1
Yeah, an omnibus conductor who takes everyone on a long final ride to the savings bank of life and beyond
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 conductor | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 conductor | punct |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 conductor | det |
| 4 | omnibus | omnibus | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 conductor | amod |
| 5 | conductor | conductor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 conductor | acl:relcl |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 takes | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 ride | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 ride | det |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 ride | amod |
| 12 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 ride | amod |
| 13 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | obl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 bank | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 bank | det |
| 16 | savings | savings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 17 bank | compound |
| 17 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 life | case |
| 19 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 bank | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 beyond | cc |
| 21 | beyond | beyond | ADV | _ | 7 takes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | a omnibus conductor | everyone | a long final ride | to the savings bank of life | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme on ride=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, an omnibus conductor who takes everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 conductor | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 conductor | punct |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 conductor | det |
| 4 | omnibus | omnibus | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 conductor | amod |
| 5 | conductor | conductor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 conductor | acl:relcl |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 takes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | a omnibus conductor | everyone | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument everyone=Destination |
Option 3
Kinda, a ferry man who carries souls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 5 man | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kinda | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 4 | ferry | ferry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | compound |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 carries | nsubj |
| 7 | carries | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 man | acl:relcl |
| 8 | souls | soul | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 carries | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | a ferry man | souls | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, a tram driver who takes everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 driver | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 driver | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 driver | det |
| 4 | tram | tram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 driver | compound |
| 5 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 driver | acl:relcl |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 takes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | a tram driver | everyone | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument everyone=Destination |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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