Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy, part 1: a stormy ni…

Mate, so the wet kid knocks at the door, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wet kid · What happens: knock

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 970 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy, part 1: a stormy night, a wet boy named Cupid, a shot straight to the poet's heart» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knocks	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 knocks	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knocks	nsubj
7	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knocks	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 knocks	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 knocks	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 knocks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	present	the wet kid					at the door; Mate vocative	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient

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, the poet slams the door and sends him off into the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 slams	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 poet	det
4	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slams	nsubj
5	slams	slam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slams	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sends	cc
9	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slams	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sends	obj
11	off	off	ADP	_	9 sends	compound:prt
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 rain	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rain	det
14	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slam	present	the poet	the door					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	send off	present	the poet not said here	poet		the rain			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, the old poet opens up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 opens	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 opens	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 poet	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 poet	amod
5	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opens	nsubj
6	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 opens	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open up	present	the old poet						vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yeah, the poet takes him in and warms him by the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 takes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 takes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 poet	det
4	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	nsubj
5	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 takes	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	5 takes	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 warms	cc
9	warms	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 takes	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 warms	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 fire	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fire	det
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 warms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take in	present	the poet		him = he				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
2	warm	present	the poet not said here	poet				by the fire	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the poet lets him in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 lets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lets	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 poet	det
4	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lets	nsubj
5	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lets	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	5 lets	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in	present	the poet	him = he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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