Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mothe…

ok last one, what did Death do when she asked him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Death · What happens: do, ask · To what, where: ok last one, him

This is test 13 · ★ 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	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
2	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 do	obj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 do	aux
7	Death	Death	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 one	acl:relcl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 asked	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 asked	nsubj
11	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 do	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 asked	iobj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Death	ok last one					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	ask speech: ask	past	Death		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=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

Smiled and walked off slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 walked	cc
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Smiled	conj
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 walked	compound:prt
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Smiled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	past						slowly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk off	past							vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nodded, could mean yes or no

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nodded	nod	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 mean	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nodded	punct
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 mean	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 no	cc
7	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 yes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nod	participle							vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	could							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic

Option 3

Nodded slowly, which could mean yes or no, as the lantern flickered out in the snow

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nodded	nod	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 mean	csubj
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Nodded	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mean	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 mean	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	aux
6	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 mean	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 no	cc
9	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 yes	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lantern	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 lantern	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lantern	det
13	lantern	lantern	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mean	parataxis
14	flickered	flicker	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 lantern	acl
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 flickered	compound:prt
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 snow	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 snow	det
18	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flickered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	nod	participle			slowly property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	could				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
3	flicker out	participle	the lantern not said here	the snow		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in snow=Location

Option 4

Nodded, which could mean yes or no, and then he carried the child off with him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nodded	nod	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mean	csubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 mean	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	aux
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 mean	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 no	cc
8	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 yes	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 carried	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 carried	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 carried	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 carried	nsubj
13	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 child	det
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carried	obj
16	off	off	ADP	_	13 carried	compound:prt
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	nod	participle					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	could					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
3	carry off	past	he	the child	then	with child	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme

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