Test 10 · ★ · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…

nordenskiold was out there in the ice with vega

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nordenskiold · What happens: be · To what, where: ice

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» 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	nordenskiold	nordenskiold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 there	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 there	cop
3	out	out	ADV	_	4 there	advmod
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 ice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ice	det
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 there	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 vega	case
9	vega	vega	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	nordenskiold			the ice with vega		out, there 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

yep, looking for a way through, but the ice had trapped the ship for a long time

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	3 looking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 trapped	advcl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looking	obl
7	through	through	ADV	_	3 looking	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 trapped	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 trapped	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ice	det
11	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trapped	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 trapped	aux
13	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ship	det
15	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trapped	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	19 time	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 time	det
18	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 time	amod
19	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund						for a way; through property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme
2	trap	past · perfect · passive		the ice			time		tree rules

Option 2

yep, looking for a way through the ice and also hunting for lost whales near the coast

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	3 looking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looking	obl
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 ice	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ice	det
9	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looking	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hunting	cc
11	also	also	ADV	_	12 hunting	advmod
12	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 looking	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 whales	case
14	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 whales	amod
15	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hunting	obl
16	near	near	ADP	_	18 coast	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 coast	det
18	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 whales	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	look	gerund	the ice	for a way	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme through ice=Location
2	hunt	gerund		for lost whales near the coast	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for whale=Theme
3	lose	participle			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yep, looking for a way through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	3 looking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looking	obl
7	through	through	ADV	_	3 looking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund						for a way; through property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme

Option 4

yep, trying to get through the ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	3 trying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 ice	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ice	det
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	gerund							vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive				the ice			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through ice=Destination

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