Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes: Karen repents, serv…
what was the thing she shouted, the big cry?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: be, shout · To what, where: thing
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 958 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes: Karen repents, serves the pastor's family, and dies at peace in church» 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thing | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 thing | det |
| 4 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 shouted | nsubj |
| 6 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thing | acl:relcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cry | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cry | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cry | amod |
| 10 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thing | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the thing and the big cry | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | past | she | the thing and the big cry not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
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
"O God! Forgive me, I have sinned against you!"
Sentence 1: "O God!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 God | punct |
| 2 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 3 God | discourse |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 God | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Forgive me, I have sinned against you!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgive | forgive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Forgive | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sinned | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 sinned | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sinned | aux |
| 6 | sinned | sin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Forgive | advcl |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 sinned | obl |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Forgive | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Forgive | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | imperative | you not said here | me | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sin | present · perfect | I | against you | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against you=Maleficiary |
Option 2
"Mercy, Lord, help!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mercy | punct |
| 2 | Mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Lord | punct |
| 4 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Mercy | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 help | punct |
| 6 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Mercy | conj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mercy | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mercy | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
"O God! help me!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 help | punct |
| 2 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 3 God | discourse |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 help | nsubj |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 God | punct |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 help | obj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 help | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help in a quote | infinitive | God | me | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary |
Option 4
"Save me, Lord!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Save | punct |
| 2 | Save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Save | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Lord | punct |
| 5 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Save | obl |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Save | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Save | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save in a quote | imperative | you not said here | me | Lord obl | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
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