Test 11 · ★ · Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto…

ok real question, why did Stalo's sons run away

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sons · What happens: run away

This is test 11 · ★ 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	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 question	amod
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 question	amod
3	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 question	punct
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 run	advmod
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 run	aux
7	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sons	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Stalo	case
9	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 run	nsubj
10	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 question	acl:relcl
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past · do-support	Stalo's sons					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

They were scared stiff when the head rolled off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stiff	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stiff	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stiff	amod
4	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 rolled	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 head	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rolled	nsubj
8	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stiff	advcl
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 rolled	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					stiff property	tree rules
2	roll off	participle	the head						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They were frightened when the head fell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	aux:pass
3	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 fell	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 head	det
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	nsubj
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	past · passive		They					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	fall	past	the head						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They were scared stiff when the head rolled off the table and across the floor, and they did not know what to do

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stiff	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stiff	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stiff	amod
4	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 rolled	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 head	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rolled	nsubj
8	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stiff	advcl
9	off	off	ADP	_	11 table	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 table	det
11	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rolled	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 floor	cc
13	across	across	ADP	_	15 floor	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 floor	det
15	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 table	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 know	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 know	cc
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 know	nsubj
19	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 know	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 know	advmod
21	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stiff	parataxis
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 do	obj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 do	mark
24	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	They		stiff property	tree rules
2	roll off	participle	the head	the table and the floor		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme
3	not know	past · do-support	table			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	do	to-infinitive				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They were tired and wanted to rest, but when the head rolled off the block they ran off to find their mother in the hills

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tired	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wanted	cc
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 rest	mark
7	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanted	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rolled	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 rolled	cc
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 rolled	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 head	det
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rolled	nsubj
13	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tired	conj
14	off	off	ADP	_	16 block	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 block	det
16	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rolled	obl
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 ran	nsubj
18	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 block	acl:relcl
19	off	off	ADP	_	18 ran	compound:prt
20	to	to	PART	_	21 find	mark
21	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 rolled	advcl
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 mother	nmod:poss
23	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 find	obj
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 hills	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 hills	det
26	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	They			tired property	tree rules
2	want	past	They not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	rest not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	roll off	participle	the head	the block			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent block=Agent
5	run off	past	they	the block not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme block=Trajectory
6	find	to-infinitive	the head not said here	their mother	the hills		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Topic

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