Test 10 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches…
bro, what did the prince throw out to refill the sea?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: prince · What happens: throw out, refill · To what, where: sea
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1443 «Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches the taxes and tricks the giant» 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 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 throw | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 throw | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 throw | obj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 throw | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 throw | nsubj |
| 7 | throw | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 7 throw | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 refill | mark |
| 10 | refill | refill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 throw | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sea | det |
| 12 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 refill | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 throw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw out | past · do-support | the prince | bro vocative; out property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ||||
| 2 | refill | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | the sea | 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
a jug from the well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 jug | det |
| 2 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 well | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 well | det |
| 5 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jug | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a lot of water from the cellar barrels of the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lot | det |
| 2 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lot | nmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 barrels | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 barrels | det |
| 7 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 barrels | compound |
| 8 | barrels | barrel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lot | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 palace | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 palace | det |
| 11 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 barrels | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
a couple drops from the flask on the rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 couple | det |
| 2 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drops | nsubj |
| 3 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 flask | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 flask | det |
| 6 | flask | flask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drops | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 rock | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rock | det |
| 9 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drops | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | present | a couple | the flask | on the rock | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from flask=Destination on rock=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
a couple drops from the flask
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 couple | det |
| 2 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drops | nsubj |
| 3 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 flask | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 flask | det |
| 6 | flask | flask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drops | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | present | a couple | the flask | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from flask=Trajectory |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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