Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mothe…

the mom ran outside screaming for her kid, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mom · What happens: run, scream

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 995 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mother follows Death and pays a price» 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	2 mom	det
2	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	outside	outside	ADV	_	3 ran	advmod
5	screaming	scream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 ran	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 kid	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 kid	nmod:poss
8	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 screaming	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	3 ran	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the mom					outside property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	scream speech: express	gerund	the mom not said here					for mom's kid	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for kid=Recipient

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

Yeah, calling for her child through the snow, past every house on the lake shore

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 calling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 calling	punct
3	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 child	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 child	nmod:poss
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calling	obl
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 snow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snow	det
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calling	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 house	punct
11	past	past	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calling	parataxis
14	on	on	ADP	_	17 shore	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 shore	det
16	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 shore	compound
17	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 house	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	gerund				the snow		for her child	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for child=Recipient

Option 2

Yeah, screaming down the lane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 screaming	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 screaming	punct
3	screaming	scream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	6 lane	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lane	det
6	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 screaming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	gerund						down the lane	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, calling for her child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 calling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 calling	punct
3	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 child	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 child	nmod:poss
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund						for her child	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for child=Recipient

Option 4

Yeah, she ran out crying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 ran	compound:prt
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 ran	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run out	past	she						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cry speech: express	gerund	she not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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