Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick…

yo, the inkstand said it was the reason the poems existed, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: inkstand, poems · What happens: say, be, exist · To what, where: reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 inkstand	det
4	inkstand	inkstand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 reason	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 poems	det
11	poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 existed	nsubj
12	existed	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 existed	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	9 reason	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the inkstand		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	inkstand	the reason	tree rules
3	exist	past	the poems	the reason not said here	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 · ← Mova's choice

nah, it claimed it gives the pen its ideas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 claimed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 claimed	nsubj
4	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gives	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gives	nsubj
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pen	det
8	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obj
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 ideas	nmod:poss
10	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	it						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	give	present	it	the pen					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pen=Recipient idea=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, it said it gives the ink for poems

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gives	nsubj
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ink	det
8	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 poems	case
10	poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	it						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give	present	it	the ink				for poems	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent ink=Theme for poem=Asset

Option 3

nah, it said nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	it	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 4

yeah, it gives paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	it	paper					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme

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