Test 6 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth…

and then her dad throws a hammer at him?? mental

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: throw · To what, where: hammer

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1232 «Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth is left alone on an island and a strange girl marries him» 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 throws	cc
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 throws	advmod
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throws	nsubj
5	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hammer	det
7	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throws	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 throws	obl
10	??	??	PUNCT	_	11 mental	punct
11	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 throws	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	her dad	a hammer			then	at him = he	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent hammer=Theme at he=Destination

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

he dodges and it hits the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dodges	nsubj
2	dodges	dodge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hits	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hits	nsubj
5	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dodges	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dodge	present	he						vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	hit	present	it	the wall					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Co-Theme

Option 2

he steps aside, hammer lands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 steps	nsubj
2	steps	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	aside	aside	ADV	_	2 steps	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lands	punct
5	hammer	ham	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 lands	amod
6	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 steps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	present	he	hammer lands				aside property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he jumps the doorstep so it misses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jumps	nsubj
2	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doorstep	det
4	doorstep	doorstep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jumps	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 misses	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 misses	nsubj
7	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 jumps	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	present	he	the doorstep					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme doorstep=Trajectory
2	miss	present	doorstep						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

he leaps over the doorstep at the last second and the hammer flies past into the yard

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leaps	nsubj
2	leaps	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 doorstep	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 doorstep	det
5	doorstep	doorstep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaps	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 second	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 second	det
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 second	amod
9	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaps	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 flies	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hammer	det
12	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flies	nsubj
13	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 leaps	conj
14	past	past	ADV	_	13 flies	advmod
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 yard	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 yard	det
17	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leap	present	he			the doorstep	second		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over doorstep=Trajectory
2	fly	present	the hammer					into the yard result; past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into yard=Result

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