Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick…

fr, what did the mum say about the flower, like, real quick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fr · What happens: do, say · To what, where: mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 937 «Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick girl's window and gives her hope» 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	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 fr	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mum	det
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 flower	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flower	det
10	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 like	punct
12	like	like	INTJ	_	7 say	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 quick	punct
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 quick	amod
15	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 say	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	fr	the mum					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	fr					about the flower	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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

It was planted by a gardener long ago, and nobody has looked after it since then

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 planted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 planted	aux:pass
3	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 gardener	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gardener	det
6	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planted	obl
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 ago	advmod
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	3 planted	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 looked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 looked	cc
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 looked	nsubj
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 looked	aux
13	looked	look	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 planted	parataxis
14	after	after	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 looked	obl
16	since	since	ADP	_	17 then	case
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past · passive	a gardener	It				ago property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	look	present · perfect	nobody				after gardener		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

The sun planted it for fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sun	det
2	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planted	nsubj
3	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 planted	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 fun	case
6	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past	the sun	it				for fun	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

She says the pea sprouted from a seed that the neighbour's cat carried in last spring

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pea	det
4	pea	pea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sprouted	nsubj
5	sprouted	sprout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 seed	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 seed	det
8	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sprouted	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 carried	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 neighbour	det
11	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cat	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 neighbour	case
13	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 carried	nsubj
14	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 seed	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 spring	case
16	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 spring	amod
17	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	She				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sprout	past	the pea		a seed		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from seed=Source
3	carry	past	the neighbour's cat	a seed		spring	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

God planted it to bring joy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 planted	nsubj
2	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 planted	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 planted	xcomp
6	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past	God	it					tree rules
2	bring	to-infinitive	God not said here	joy					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent joy=Theme

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