Test 3 · ★ · Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's…

bro why'd she set her bed on fire tho?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: set · To what, where: bed, fire tho

This is test 3 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	vocative
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 set	advmod
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 set	aux
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 set	nsubj
5	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bed	nmod:poss
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 tho	case
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tho	compound
10	tho	tho	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	would	she	her bed		fire tho		bro vocative	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent bed=Theme on tho=Destination

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

to cook some dinner for the skaters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 cook	mark
2	cook	cook	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 dinner	det
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cook	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 skaters	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skaters	det
7	skaters	skater	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cook	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	to-infinitive		some dinner				for the skaters	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dinner=Product for skater=Beneficiary

Option 2

to call the whole village out to watch the big storm coming over the hills

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 call	mark
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 village	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 village	amod
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	obj
6	out	out	ADV	_	2 call	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 watch	mark
8	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 call	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 storm	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 storm	amod
11	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 watch	obj
12	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 storm	acl
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 hills	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hills	det
15	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	call	to-infinitive		the whole village		out property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent village=Recipient
2	watch	to-infinitive		the big storm			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme
3	come	gerund	the big storm not said here		the hills		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over hill=Initial_Location

Option 3

so the critic could see the light from the gate in heaven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	5 see	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 critic	det
3	critic	critic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 light	det
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 gate	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 heaven	case
12	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	could	the critic	the light		the gate in heaven			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

to warn the skaters about the storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 skaters	det
4	skaters	skater	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 warn	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 storm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 storm	det
7	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive		the skaters				about the storm	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent skater=Recipient about storm=Topic

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