Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts i…

The old lady wanted Gerda to stay forever, that's proper sus, innit?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old lady, Gerda, that · What happens: want, stay, be, innit · To what, where: Gerda, proper sus

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 980 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts in a boat to an old woman's garden, where the roses vanish and she forgets Kay» 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lady	amod
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stay	mark
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	7 stay	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sus	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 sus	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sus	cop
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sus	amod
13	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stay	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stay	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	the old lady	Gerda		tree rules
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	Gerda not said here		forever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	that	proper sus		tree rules
4	innit	infinitive	Gerda not said here			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

Nah, she just wanted a cup of tea, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cup	det
7	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 tea	case
9	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cup	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bruv	punct
11	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cup	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	a cup of tea and bruv					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cup=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she said she had long wished for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wished	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wished	aux
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 wished	advmod
8	wished	wish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wish	past · perfect	she					for her = she; long property	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for she=Theme

Option 3

Nah, she just liked her, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 liked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 liked	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 liked	advmod
5	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 liked	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bruv	punct
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 liked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	she	her = she				bruv obl	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she wanted her, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	her = she				mate vocative	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

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