Test 8 · ★ · Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's…

ok who was the meanest brother tho?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: meanest brother

This is test 8 · ★ 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	6 brother	discourse
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 brother	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 brother	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brother	det
5	meanest	mean	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 brother	amod
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	tho	tho	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brother	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 brother	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the meanest brother				tho nmod	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 · ✓ the right answer

the master builder, who sent the bricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 builder	det
2	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 builder	compound
3	builder	builder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sent	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sent	nsubj
6	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bricks	det
8	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the master builder	the bricks					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brick=Theme

Option 2

the genius, who sent the angel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 genius	det
2	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sent	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sent	nsubj
5	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 angel	det
7	angel	angel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the genius	the angel					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent angel=Theme

Option 3

the fourth brother, who sent the orations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 brother	det
2	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sent	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sent	nsubj
6	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 orations	det
8	orations	oration	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the fourth brother	the orations					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oration=Theme

Option 4

the youngest, who sent the straw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youngest	det
2	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 sent	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sent	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sent	nsubj
5	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 straw	det
7	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the youngest	the straw					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent straw=Theme

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