Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1…
So what did the mouse-king put up for the missing mouse?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, put up · To what, where: mouse king
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 989 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1: four mice set out to learn how to make soup, and one of them meets elves at a Maypole dance» 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 did | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 5 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 king | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 mouse | punct |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 8 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 king | acl |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 put | compound:prt |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 mouse | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 mouse | det |
| 12 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 mouse | amod |
| 13 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 put | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the mouse king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | put up | participle | the mouse king not said here | for the missing mouse | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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
a wooden cross of black
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cross | det |
| 2 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cross | amod |
| 3 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 black | case |
| 5 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cross | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a tall skewer wrapped in black crape and hung with a bell for the lost mouse
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 skewer | det |
| 2 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 skewer | amod |
| 3 | skewer | skewer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hung | nsubj |
| 4 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 skewer | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 crape | case |
| 6 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 crape | amod |
| 7 | crape | crape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wrapped | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 wrapped | cc |
| 9 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 bell | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bell | det |
| 12 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hung | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 mouse | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 mouse | det |
| 15 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 mouse | amod |
| 16 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hung | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wrap | participle | a tall skewer not said here | black crape | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in crape=Destination | ||||
| 2 | hang | past | a tall skewer | with a bell; for the lost mouse | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
a skewer covered in crape
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 skewer | det |
| 2 | skewer | skewer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 skewer | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 crape | case |
| 5 | crape | crape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 covered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | participle | a skewer not said here | in crape | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in crape=Theme |
Option 4
a sausage skewer draped in black crape and set by the candle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 skewer | det |
| 2 | sausage | sausage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 skewer | compound |
| 3 | skewer | skewer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | draped | drape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 skewer | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 crape | case |
| 6 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 crape | amod |
| 7 | crape | crape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 draped | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 set | cc |
| 9 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 draped | conj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 candle | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 candle | det |
| 12 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 set | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drape | participle | a sausage skewer not said here | black crape | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in crape=Destination | ||||
| 2 | set | participle | by the candle | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by candle=Destination |
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