Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is c…

Sus, what did the boys tell Gerda about Kay's sledge?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sus · What happens: do, tell · To what, where: boys, Gerda · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 979 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda searches for him» 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	Sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Sus	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boys	det
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obj
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	12 sledge	case
10	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sledge	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Kay	case
12	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Sus	the boys					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	present	Sus		Gerda			about Kay's sledge	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent gerda=Recipient about sledge=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

he lost it

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	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	he	it					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

he pulled a farmer's wagon

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	2 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wagon	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 farmer	case
6	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	he	a farmer's wagon					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wagon=Theme

Option 3

he ran away

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	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	he					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he tied it to a big 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	2 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 one	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	he	it	a big one				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to one=Co-Patient

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