Test 10 · ★ · Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic…

so the knight just, like, went there?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: knight · What happens: go

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» 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	_	8 went	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 knight	det
3	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
6	like	like	INTJ	_	8 went	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 went	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the knight			there			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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

yeah, he grabbed his spear and blew his horn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 grabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	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 spear	nmod:poss
6	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 blew	cc
8	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 horn	nmod:poss
10	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	he	his spear					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme
2	blow	past	he not said here	his horn					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yes, he rode off on his horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 rode	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rode	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 rode	compound:prt
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 horse	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 horse	nmod:poss
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride off	past	he					on his horse	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah, he took his sword and rode out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	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 sword	nmod:poss
6	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rode	cc
8	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 rode	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	he	his sword					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
2	ride out	past	he not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

nah, he stayed home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	he					home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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