Test 13 · ★ · Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29…

Lowkey, what gear did the Prince use to tame the horse?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lowkey, Prince · What happens: do, use, tame · To what, where: horse

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1442 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29: the Prince learns tricks from the Master-maid and tames the fire horse» 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lowkey	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	obj
4	gear	gear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Prince	det
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 use	nsubj
8	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 tame	mark
10	tame	tame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 use	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 horse	det
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tame	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Lowkey		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	use	present	the Prince		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tame	to-infinitive	the Prince not said here	the horse	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient

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 old bridle hanging from the nail by the big wooden door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bridle	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bridle	amod
3	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 bridle	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 nail	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nail	det
7	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hanging	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	12 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 door	amod
11	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 door	amod
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hanging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	gerund	the old bridle not said here			the nail		by the big wooden door	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the bridle hanging by the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bridle	det
2	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bridle	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	gerund	the bridle not said here					by the door	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

the bridle that hung by the stable gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bridle	det
2	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hung	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 hung	nsubj
4	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
7	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gate	amod
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	past	the bridle					by the stable gate	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location

Option 4

the reins by the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reins	det
2	reins	rein	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reins	nmod

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

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