Test 1 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff…
Mate, did the bailiff really hang on to a calf all night?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bailiff · What happens: hang on
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» 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 | 7 hang | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hang | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bailiff | det |
| 5 | bailiff | bailiff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hang | nsubj |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 hang | advmod |
| 7 | hang | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 hang | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 calf | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 calf | det |
| 11 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hang | obl |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 night | det |
| 13 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hang | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 hang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang on | past · do-support | the bailiff | night | to a calf; Mate vocative | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Yeah, he went round the field
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | round | round | ADP | _ | 7 field | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 field | det |
| 7 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | he | the field | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round field=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, not really, he just stood there holding the tail for ages and it was dead boring
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 stood | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 stood | punct |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 stood | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 stood | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 stood | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stood | nsubj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 stood | advmod |
| 8 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 stood | advmod |
| 10 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 stood | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tail | det |
| 12 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 holding | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 ages | case |
| 14 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 holding | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 boring | cc |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 boring | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 boring | cop |
| 18 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 boring | amod |
| 19 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stood | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stand | past | he | there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | hold | gerund | he not said here | the tail | for ages | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | past | tail | boring property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, he got dragged all over hill and dale and came back proper knackered
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 dragged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dragged | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 dragged | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dragged | aux:pass |
| 5 | dragged | drag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 hill | advmod |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 hill | case |
| 8 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dragged | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 dale | cc |
| 10 | dale | dale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hill | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 came | cc |
| 12 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dragged | conj |
| 13 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 came | advmod |
| 14 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 15 knackered | advmod |
| 15 | knackered | knacker | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 came | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | past · passive | he | hill and dale | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come back | past | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | knacker | participle | properly property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he got proper dragged round
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 dragged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dragged | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dragged | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dragged | aux:pass |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 dragged | advmod |
| 6 | dragged | drag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | round | round | ADV | _ | 6 dragged | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | past · passive | he | properly, round property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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