Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is ca…
Who got the lucky shilling round their neck?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: get · To what, where: lucky shilling
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 975 «Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand» 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 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shilling | det |
| 4 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 shilling | amod |
| 5 | shilling | shilling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 6 | round | round | ADP | _ | 8 neck | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 neck | nmod:poss |
| 8 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the lucky shilling | round their neck | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shilling=Stimulus |
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
the little kid from the house next door who always played outside with the woman's girls
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kid | amod |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 door | nsubj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kid | nmod |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 door | amod |
| 8 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 played | nsubj |
| 10 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 played | advmod |
| 11 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 door | acl:relcl |
| 12 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 11 played | advmod |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 girls | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 woman | det |
| 15 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 girls | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 woman | case |
| 17 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | next door | with the woman's girls; always, outside property | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with girl=Co-Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
the neighbour's little kid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 neighbour | det |
| 2 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kid | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 neighbour | case |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kid | amod |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
the mother's oldest child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mother | det |
| 2 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 child | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 mother | case |
| 4 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 child | amod |
| 5 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
the little kid from the house next door who always played outside with the woman's boys
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kid | amod |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 door | nsubj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kid | nmod |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 door | amod |
| 8 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 played | nsubj |
| 10 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 played | advmod |
| 11 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 door | acl:relcl |
| 12 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 11 played | advmod |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 boys | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 woman | det |
| 15 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 boys | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 woman | case |
| 17 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | next door | with the woman's boys; always, outside property | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with boy=Co-Agent |
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