Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a y…
Did the wife think there's a life after this one, or nah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: wife, life · What happens: think, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 think | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wife | det |
| 3 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 think | nsubj |
| 4 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 's | expl |
| 6 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 think | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 life | det |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 's | nsubj |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 one | case |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 one | det |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 's | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 nah | punct |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 nah | cc |
| 14 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 think | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past · do-support | the wife | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | be | present | a life | there | after this one | vn exist-47.1 «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
yeah, she reckoned no life gets lost, and God's love goes on forever, bruv
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 life | det |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 gets | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 goes | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 goes | cc |
| 11 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 love | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 God | case |
| 13 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 goes | nsubj |
| 14 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | conj |
| 15 | on | on | ADV | _ | 14 goes | advmod |
| 16 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 14 goes | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 bruv | punct |
| 18 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reckoned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | she | bruv | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | present | no life | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | lose | participle | no life not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | go on | present | God's love | forever property | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | love | God | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
yeah, she reckoned heaven's for all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reckoned | obj |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 heaven | case |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 reckoned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | she | heaven | for all | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent heaven=Attribute |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
yeah, she reckoned no life gets lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 life | det |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reckoned | obj |
| 7 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 lost | aux:pass |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reckoned | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | she | no life | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | present · passive | she not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V» |
Option 4
yeah, she reckoned no life gets lost, so it all works out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 life | det |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 gets | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 works | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 works | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 works | nsubj |
| 12 | all | all | ADV | _ | 13 works | advmod |
| 13 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | conj |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 works | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | she | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | present | no life | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | lose | participle | no life not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | work out | present | life | all property | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
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