Test 12 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan tr…
Did the king swear the boon, like, proper?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: swear · To what, where: boon
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for Duv Laca» 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=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 swear | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swear | nsubj |
| 4 | swear | swear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boon | det |
| 6 | boon | boon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swear | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 proper | punct |
| 8 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 10 proper | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 like | punct |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 swear | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 swear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | past · do-support | the king | the boon | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent boon=Eventuality |
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, he passed his word and pledged it on his sword and his horse, proper solemn
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 passed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 passed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 passed | nsubj |
| 4 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 word | nmod:poss |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 passed | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 pledged | cc |
| 8 | pledged | pledge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 passed | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pledged | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 sword | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 sword | nmod:poss |
| 12 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pledged | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 horse | cc |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 horse | nmod:poss |
| 15 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sword | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 passed | punct |
| 17 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 solemn | amod |
| 18 | solemn | solemn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 passed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past | he | his word | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | pledge | past | he not said here | word | his sword and his horse | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | word | his = he | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he passed his word and pledged it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 passed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 passed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 passed | nsubj |
| 4 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 word | nmod:poss |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 passed | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 pledged | cc |
| 8 | pledged | pledge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 passed | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pledged | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past | he | his word | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | pledge | past | he not said here | word | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | word | his = he | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Nah, he never swore anything, he just nodded and then broke the promise the very next morning
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 swore | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 swore | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 swore | advmod |
| 5 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 swore | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 nodded | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 nodded | nsubj |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 nodded | advmod |
| 10 | nodded | nod | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 swore | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 broke | cc |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 broke | advmod |
| 13 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 swore | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 promise | det |
| 15 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 broke | obj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 morning | det |
| 17 | very | very | ADV | _ | 18 next | advmod |
| 18 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 morning | amod |
| 19 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 broke | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not swear | past | he | anything | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | nod | past | he | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | break | past | he not said here | the promise | then; morning | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient |
Option 4
Yeah, he gave a grin and a shrug
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 grin | det |
| 6 | grin | grin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 shrug | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 shrug | det |
| 9 | shrug | shrug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | a grin and a shrug | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grin=Theme |
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