Test 7 · ★ · Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto…

wait the young Sodno just clocked the old lady like that

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, young Sodno · What happens: wait, clock · To what, where: old lady

This is test 7 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sodno	det
3	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Sodno	amod
4	Sodno	Sodno	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 clocked	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 clocked	advmod
6	clocked	clock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lady	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lady	amod
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clocked	obj
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 that	case
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 clocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	clock	past	the young Sodno	the old lady				like that	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lady=Value

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

No, he shouted at her quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 shouted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	nsubj
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	obl
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 shouted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	he					at her = she; quickly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, he laid his head on her lap and asked softly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 laid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laid	nsubj
4	laid	lay	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 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laid	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 lap	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 lap	nmod:poss
9	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laid	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 asked	cc
11	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laid	conj
12	softly	softly	ADV	_	11 asked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	past	he	his head		her lap			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme on lap=Destination
2	ask speech: ask	past	he not said here					softly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, hit her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	imperative	you not said here	her = she					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme

Option 4

Yes, he knocked her out cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 knocked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knocked	nsubj
4	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knocked	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 knocked	compound:prt
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 knocked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock out	past	he	her = she				cold property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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