Test 5 · ★ · Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto…

ngl the reindeer horn chaos was so unhinged, right

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, horn chaos · What happens: ngl, be

This is test 5 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chaos	det
3	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 horn	compound
4	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chaos	compound
5	chaos	chaos	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unhinged	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 unhinged	cop
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 unhinged	advmod
8	unhinged	unhinged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 ngl	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	1 ngl	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ngl	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	the horn chaos					unhinged 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 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the reindeer just stood still and ate grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 stood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reindeer	det
4	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stood	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 stood	advmod
6	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	still	still	ADV	_	6 stood	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ate	cc
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stood	conj
10	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the reindeer				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	past	the reindeer not said here	grass					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient

Option 2

Yeah, the Stalos fought the reindeer and they bellowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 fought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Stalos	det
4	Stalos	Stalos	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fought	nsubj
5	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reindeer	det
7	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fought	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bellowed	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bellowed	nsubj
10	bellowed	bellow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fought	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	the Stalos	the reindeer					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reindeer=Co-Agent
2	bellow	past	they						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yeah, chaos

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 chaos	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chaos	punct
3	chaos	chaos	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the Sodnos grabbed the horns and the beasts kicked and neighed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 grabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sodnos	det
4	Sodnos	Sodnos	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 grabbed	nsubj
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horns	det
7	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grabbed	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kicked	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 beasts	det
10	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 kicked	nsubj
11	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grabbed	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 neighed	cc
13	neighed	neigh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 grabbed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grab	past	the Sodnos	the horns	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Theme
2	kick	past	the beasts		vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	neigh	participle	the Sodnos not said here		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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