Test 1 · ★ · Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's…

yo did the critic actually do something cool before he died?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo, critic · What happens: do, die · To what, where: critic, something

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 988 «Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's gate, and old Margaret's burning bed saves the skaters» 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	yo	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 critic	det
4	critic	critic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 do	advmod
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 critic	acl:relcl
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 do	obj
8	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 something	amod
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 died	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 died	nsubj
11	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	yo	the critic		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent critic=Eventuality
2	do	present	the critic not said here	something	actually property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	die	past	critic			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 right answer

nah, he just had the last word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 had	advmod
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 word	det
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 word	amod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	the last word					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient

Option 2

yeah, he saved the whole village from the storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 saved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saved	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saved	nsubj
4	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 village	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 village	amod
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 storm	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 storm	det
10	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	he	the whole village		the storm			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent village=Theme from storm=Source

Option 3

nah, he just argued with everyone at the funeral and the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 argued	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 argued	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 argued	advmod
5	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 everyone	case
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 argued	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 funeral	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 funeral	det
10	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 argued	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gate	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gate	det
13	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 funeral	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	past	he			the funeral and the gate		with everyone	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with everyone=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yup, he wrote some big books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrote	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wrote	nsubj
4	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 books	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 books	amod
7	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wrote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	he	some big books				yup vocative	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme

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