Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145:…

did the prince get told off for clapping

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: tell off · To what, where: prince

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 934 «Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145: the Winds tell their travels, and the East Wind flies the prince toward paradise» 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=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj:pass
4	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 told	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 clapping	case
8	clapping	clapping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	past · passive · do-support		the prince				for clapping	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the East Wind said he might fall, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Wind	det
4	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Wind	compound
5	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fall	nsubj
8	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fall	aux
9	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 said	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fall	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the East Wind						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fall	might	Wind					mate vocative	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, the East Wind told him off hard because he could have fallen right down into the sea and drowned, mate

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Wind	det
4	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Wind	compound
5	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	iobj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 told	compound:prt
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 told	advmod
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 fallen	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fallen	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 fallen	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 fallen	aux
14	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 told	ccomp
15	right	right	ADV	_	16 down	advmod
16	down	down	ADV	_	14 fallen	advmod
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 sea	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fallen	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 drowned	cc
21	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 told	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 mate	punct
23	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 drowned	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	past	the East Wind	him = he	hard property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fall	could · perfect	Wind		into the sea result; down property	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result
3	drown	past	the East Wind not said here		mate vocative	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

nah, he just laughed and kept going, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughed	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 laughed	advmod
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 laughed	conj
8	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 kept	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 going	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	he		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	past	he not said here		tree rules
3	go	gerund	he not said here	mate vocative	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

nah, the mum got the sack out and shouted at him for ages, then gave him tea, bro, no cap

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mum	det
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sack	det
7	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	5 got	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shouted	cc
10	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 got	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 shouted	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 ages	case
14	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 shouted	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 gave	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 gave	advmod
17	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 got	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 gave	iobj
19	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gave	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bro	punct
21	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tea	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 cap	punct
23	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	24 cap	det
24	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	get out	past	the mum	the sack				tree rules
2	shout speech: express	past	the mum not said here			for ages	at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient
3	give	past	the mum not said here	tea and bro and no cap	him = he	then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tea=Theme

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