Test 10 · ★ · Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto…

so where did the old lady say the riches were hidden

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old lady · What happens: say, hide · To what, where: riches · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1193 «Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto kills Stalo and the Sodnos rescue Lyma» 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	so	so	ADV	_	7 say	advmod
2	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 say	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 riches	det
9	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hidden	nsubj:pass
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hidden	aux:pass
11	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the old lady						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hide	past · passive		the riches					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Buried in the yard by the well, in a hole he dug and then covered with stones and snow

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 dug	advcl
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 yard	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 yard	det
4	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buried	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 well	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 well	det
7	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buried	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dug	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 hole	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hole	det
11	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dug	obl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 dug	nsubj
13	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 covered	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 covered	advmod
16	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 dug	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 stones	case
18	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 covered	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 snow	cc
20	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stones	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	participle	he not said here			in the yard; by the well	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in yard=Destination
2	dig	past	he	a hole			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in hole=Location
3	cover	participle	he not said here		then	with stones and snow	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with stone=Theme

Option 2

In the wall, in a box he hid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 wall	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wall	det
3	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 wall	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 box	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wall	nmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hid	nsubj
9	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 box	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he	a box not said here					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient

Option 3

Under the bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	3 bed	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bed	det
3	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Under the doorstep, in a hole he dug

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	3 doorstep	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doorstep	det
3	doorstep	doorstep	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hole	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hole	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hole	det
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doorstep	appos
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dug	nsubj
9	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hole	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past	he	a hole not said here					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme

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