Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the pr…

salty much, what does the princess tell the shadow about his noble character?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, tell · To what, where: princess, shadow · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 973 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the princess, the learned man is executed» 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	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 much	amod
2	much	much	ADV	_	5 does	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 much	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 does	nsubj
5	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tell	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 does	obj
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shadow	det
10	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	14 character	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 character	nmod:poss
13	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 character	amod
14	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the princess					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	present		the shadow				about his noble character	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent shadow=Recipient about character=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

She scolds him

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 scolds	nsubj
2	scolds	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	present	She	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

She sends him a letter praising his noble character greatly

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 sends	nsubj
2	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sends	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 letter	det
5	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obj
6	praising	praise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 letter	acl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 character	nmod:poss
8	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 character	amod
9	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 praising	obj
10	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	2 sends	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present	She	a letter	him = he			greatly property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination letter=Theme
2	praise	gerund	a letter not said here	his noble character					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Theme

Option 3

She bows deeply and offers him her hand in marriage

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 bows	nsubj
2	bows	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	2 bows	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 offers	cc
5	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bows	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 offers	iobj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 offers	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 marriage	case
10	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 offers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	present	She					deeply property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	offer	present	She not said here	her hand	him = he	marriage			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal hand=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She bows to him

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 bows	nsubj
2	bows	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	present	She		him = he				vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot

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