Test 12 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches…
so did the Master-maid wait for him on the shore?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Master maid · What happens: wait · To what, where: shore
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 wait | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wait | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 maid | det |
| 4 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 maid | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Master | punct |
| 6 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wait | nsubj |
| 7 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wait | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 shore | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 shore | det |
| 12 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wait | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past · do-support | the Master maid | the shore | for him = he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shore=Location |
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
yes, by the sea-shore
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 shore | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 shore | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 shore | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shore | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shore | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 sea | punct |
| 7 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
yes, by the sea-shore where he had left her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 shore | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 shore | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 shore | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shore | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shore | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 sea | punct |
| 7 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 left | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 left | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 left | aux |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 shore | acl:relcl |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 left | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past · perfect | he | her = she | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 3
no, she walked home along the road with the prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 walked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 walked | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 walked | nsubj |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 walked | advmod |
| 6 | along | along | ADP | _ | 8 road | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 road | det |
| 8 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walked | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 prince | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prince | det |
| 11 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | she | the road | with the prince; home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along road=Trajectory |
Option 4
yes, by the old mill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 mill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mill | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 mill | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mill | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mill | amod |
| 6 | mill | mill | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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