Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a y…

So what's the old song say, the one called "The King of England's Son"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old song · What happens: be, say, call · To what, where: old song, one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» 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	So	so	ADV	_	6 song	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 song	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 song	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 song	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 song	amod
6	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	ccomp
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 one	acl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 King	punct
13	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 King	det
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 called	xcomp
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 Son	case
16	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Son	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 England	case
18	Son	Son	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 King	nmod
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 King	punct
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		the old song	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the old song		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	call	participle		the one not said here	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 mast was silver, the sails white

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mast	det
2	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 silver	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 silver	cop
4	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 white	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sails	det
7	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 white	nsubj
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 silver	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the mast					silver property	tree rules
2	be		the sails						tree rules

Option 2

the anchor was gold, the ropes were silk, and the whole ship shone

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 anchor	det
2	anchor	anchor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gold	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gold	cop
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 silk	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ropes	det
7	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 silk	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 silk	cop
9	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gold	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ship	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ship	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ship	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ship	amod
14	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gold	conj
15	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 ship	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	the anchor	gold and silk and the whole ship	tree rules
2	is a	past	the ropes	silk	tree rules
3	shine	participle		the whole ship not said here	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the anchor was gold, the ropes silk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 anchor	det
2	anchor	anchor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gold	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gold	cop
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 silk	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ropes	det
7	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 silk	compound
8	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the anchor	gold and ropes silk					tree rules

Option 4

the hull was oak, the masts were pine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hull	det
2	hull	hull	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oak	compound
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 oak	cop
4	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pine	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 masts	det
7	masts	mast	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pine	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 pine	cop
9	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oak	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		hull oak and pine					tree rules
2	is a	past	the masts	pine					tree rules

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