Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wanderin…

wait, why'd she say she'd rather walk barefoot?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she · What happens: wait, say, walk · To what, where: barefoot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 949 «Andersen's Tales, Marie Grubbe, part 160: a sick, wandering Marie is lifted onto a ship» 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	_	6 say	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 say	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 walk	nsubj
8	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 walk	aux
9	rather	rather	ADV	_	10 walk	advmod
10	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	ccomp
11	barefoot	barefoot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walk	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	would	she		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	walk	would	she	barefoot	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme barefoot=Trajectory

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

she wanted to prove she was strong

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 prove	mark
4	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 strong	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 strong	cop
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prove	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want	past	she		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	prove not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	she	strong property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

she didn't want to ride in his coach

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	4 want	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 want	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 want	advmod
4	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ride	mark
6	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 coach	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 coach	nmod:poss
9	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ride	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want	past · do-support	she						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	ride not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here			his coach			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

she hated the stony road home

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 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
4	stony	stony	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 road	amod
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hated	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	2 hated	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	she	the stony road				home property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus

Option 4

she was tired

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	3 tired	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					tired property	tree rules

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