Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick…
wait, why did the mum tie string to the window?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, mum · What happens: wait, tie · To what, where: string
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tie | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 tie | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 tie | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mum | det |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tie | nsubj |
| 7 | tie | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | conj |
| 8 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tie | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 window | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 window | det |
| 11 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tie | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | 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 | tie | past · do-support | the mum | string | to the window | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent string=Patient to window=Co-Patient |
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 · ✓ the right answer
so the pea could climb up it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 climb | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pea | det |
| 3 | pea | pea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 climb | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 climb | aux |
| 5 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 climb | compound:prt |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 climb | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb up | could | the pea | it | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location it=Theme |
Option 2
so it could rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 rest | advmod |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rest | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 rest | aux |
| 4 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | could | it | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
to keep it dry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 keep | obj |
| 4 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | it | dry property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
so the cat could not get it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 get | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 get | advmod |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | could | the cat | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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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