Test 2 · ★ · Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29…

Mate, how'd he clean that stable so quick, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: clean, innit · To what, where: stable

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 clean	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 clean	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 clean	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 clean	nsubj
6	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 stable	det
8	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clean	obj
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 quick	advmod
10	quick	quick	ADV	_	6 clean	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 clean	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 clean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	would	he	that stable				quick property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stable=Patient
2	innit	infinitive	he not said here						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

he turned the fork the right way up and swept, innit

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fork	det
4	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	parataxis
8	up	up	ADV	_	7 way	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 swept	cc
10	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 swept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	turn	past	he	the fork	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fork=Theme
2	sweep	past	he not said here		tree rules
3	innit	infinitive	he not said here		tree rules

Option 2

he got a mate to help

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mate	det
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 help	mark
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 got	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	a mate					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mate=Stimulus
2	help	to-infinitive	he not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he turned the fork upside down

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 upside	det
4	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 upside	compound
5	upside	upside	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj
6	down	down	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	he	the fork upside				down property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent upside=Theme

Option 4

he turned the pitchfork upside down and used the handle, innit

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 upside	det
4	pitchfork	pitchfork	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 upside	compound
5	upside	upside	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj
6	down	down	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 used	cc
8	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 handle	det
10	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 handle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	he	the pitchfork upside				down property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent upside=Theme
2	use	past	he not said here	the handle and innit					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handle=Patient

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