Test 5 · ★ · Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts…
Was the demon proper evil or just a bit naughty?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: demon proper evil, bit
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 978 «Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts, the mirror shatters, Kay and Gerda meet» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 evil | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 evil | det |
| 3 | demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 evil | compound |
| 4 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 evil | amod |
| 5 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 naughty | cc |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 naughty | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bit | det |
| 9 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 naughty | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 evil | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 evil | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the demon proper evil | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | be | a bit | tree rules |
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
he was a real demon, the worst one, and he ran a school for mischief
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 demon | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 demon | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 demon | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 demon | amod |
| 5 | demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 demon | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ran | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 ran | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 ran | nsubj |
| 13 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 demon | parataxis |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 school | det |
| 15 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ran | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 mischief | case |
| 17 | mischief | mischief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a real demon and the worst one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | past | he | a school | for mischief | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent school=Product for mischief=Beneficiary |
Option 2
he was a proper trickster, a clever one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trickster | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 trickster | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 trickster | det |
| 4 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 trickster | amod |
| 5 | trickster | trickster | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trickster | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a proper trickster and a clever one | tree rules |
Option 3
he was a real demon, the worst one of all the wicked spirits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 demon | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 demon | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 demon | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 demon | amod |
| 5 | demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 demon | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 spirits | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 spirits | det:predet |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 spirits | det |
| 13 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 spirits | amod |
| 14 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a real demon | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
he was a real demon, the worst one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 demon | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 demon | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 demon | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 demon | amod |
| 5 | demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 demon | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a real demon and the worst one | tree rules |
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