Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…
Was the thistle well chuffed about the Scottish girl's flower?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, chuff · To what, where: thistle
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thistle | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 thistle | det |
| 3 | thistle | thistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chuffed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 chuffed | advmod |
| 5 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 flower | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 girl | det |
| 8 | Scottish | Scottish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 girl | amod |
| 9 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 flower | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 girl | case |
| 11 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chuffed | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 chuffed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the thistle | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | chuff | participle · passive | the thistle | about the Scottish girl's flower; well property | 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
Yeah, it was proper chuffed and it told everyone in the garden, mate
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 chuffed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chuffed | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chuffed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chuffed | aux:pass |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 chuffed | advmod |
| 6 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 told | cc |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 told | nsubj |
| 9 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chuffed | conj |
| 10 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 told | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 garden | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 garden | det |
| 13 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 told | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 mate | punct |
| 15 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chuffed | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuff | past · passive | it | mate vocative; properly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | it | everyone | the garden | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, it was dead proud, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 proud | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 proud | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 proud | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 proud | cop |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 proud | amod |
| 6 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bruv | punct |
| 8 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 proud | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | bruv vocative; proud property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, it was dead chuffed, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 chuffed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chuffed | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chuffed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chuffed | aux:pass |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 chuffed | amod |
| 6 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chuffed | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chuffed | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuff | past · passive | it | mate vocative | tree rules |
Option 4
Nah, it was well narked, mate, cos the girl's flower got all the praise
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 narked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 narked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 narked | aux:pass |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 narked | advmod |
| 6 | narked | nark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 cos | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 narked | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 narked | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cos | punct |
| 10 | cos | co | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 girl | det |
| 12 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 flower | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 girl | case |
| 14 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 got | nsubj |
| 15 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 cos | ccomp |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 praise | det:predet |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 praise | det |
| 18 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nark | past · passive | it | well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | co | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | get | past | the girl's flower | all praise | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer praise=Stimulus |
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