Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…
Did the donkey manage to munch the thistle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: donkey · What happens: manage, munch · To what, where: thistle
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 donkey | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 donkey | det |
| 3 | donkey | donkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 manage | nsubj |
| 4 | manage | manage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 munch | mark |
| 6 | munch | munch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 manage | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 thistle | det |
| 8 | thistle | thistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 munch | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 manage | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | manage | present | the donkey | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | munch | to-infinitive | the donkey not said here | the thistle | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thistle=Patient |
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
Nah, his rope was too short, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 short | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 rope | nmod:poss |
| 4 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 short | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 short | cop |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 short | advmod |
| 7 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 short | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | his rope | mate vocative; short property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, his rope was long, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 long | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 rope | nmod:poss |
| 4 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 long | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 long | cop |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mate | amod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 long | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | his rope | long property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, he munched the whole thing up quick, and the thistle's gone for good, mate
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 munched | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 munched | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 munched | nsubj |
| 4 | munched | munch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 munched | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 munched | compound:prt |
| 9 | quick | quick | ADV | _ | 4 munched | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 gone | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 gone | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 thistle | det |
| 13 | thistle | thistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 gone | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 gone | cop |
| 15 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 munched | parataxis |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 good | case |
| 17 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 gone | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 mate | punct |
| 19 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 gone | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | munch up | past | he | the whole thing | quick property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | present | the thistle | for good; mate vocative; gone property | tree rules |
Option 4
Nah, his rope was too short and the thistle lived on, but the lady got it, mate
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 short | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 rope | nmod:poss |
| 4 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 short | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 short | cop |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 short | advmod |
| 7 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 lived | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 thistle | det |
| 10 | thistle | thistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lived | nsubj |
| 11 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 short | conj |
| 12 | on | on | ADV | _ | 11 lived | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 got | punct |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 got | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 lady | det |
| 16 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 got | nsubj |
| 17 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 short | conj |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 got | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 mate | punct |
| 20 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 short | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | his rope | short property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live on | past | the thistle | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | get | past | the lady | thistle | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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