Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draw…

Was George's dad still about when the letter came?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: be, come · To what, where: dad

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 945 «Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draws Emily's castle and leaves for Rome» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dad	cop
2	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dad	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 George	case
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	nsubj
5	still	still	ADV	_	10 came	advmod
6	about	about	ADV	_	10 came	advmod
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 came	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 letter	det
9	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		George's dad					tree rules
2	come	past	George's dad				still	about property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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, he was dead, and his mum was on her own with no money and a sick heart

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 dead	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dead	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 own	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 own	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 own	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 own	cop
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 own	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dead	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 money	case
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 money	det
16	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 own	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 heart	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 heart	det
19	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 heart	amod
20	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 money	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					dead property	tree rules
2	is	past	his mum					with no money and a sick heart; own property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, he was out, and his mum was at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 was	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 was	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 was	nsubj
4	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 was	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 home	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 home	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 home	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 home	cop
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 home	case
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 was	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be out	past	he						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	his mum			home			tree rules

Option 3

Nah, he was dead for months, and his mum was on her own in the house by the river

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 dead	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dead	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 months	case
7	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dead	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 own	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 own	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 own	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 own	cop
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 own	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 own	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dead	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 house	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 house	det
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 own	obl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 river	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 river	det
21	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dead	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he				month	by the river; dead property	tree rules
2	is	past	his mum			the house		own property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he was dead, and his mum was on her own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 dead	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dead	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 own	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 own	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 own	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 own	cop
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 own	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dead	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					dead property	tree rules
2	is	past	his mum					own property	tree rules

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