Test 10 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff…

Hold on, who lent the calf in the end?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: hold on, lend · To what, where: calf, end

This is test 10 · ★ 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	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Hold	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lent	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 lent	nsubj
5	lent	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	parataxis
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 calf	det
7	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lent	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lent	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lend	past		the calf			in the end		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Theme

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 sheriff, I think

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sheriff	det
2	sheriff	sheriff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sheriff	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 think	nsubj
5	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	the sheriff						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Master-maid, obviously, she lent it to the bailiff for the night

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maid	det
2	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maid	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Master	punct
4	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lent	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 maid	punct
6	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	4 maid	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 maid	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lent	nsubj
9	lent	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lent	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 bailiff	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bailiff	det
13	bailiff	bailiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lent	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 night	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	past	the Master maid	it	the bailiff		night		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to bailiff=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Master-maid, obviously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maid	det
2	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maid	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Master	punct
4	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obviously	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 maid	punct
6	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	root	root

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

Option 4

The attorney, bruv, he sorted the calf out with the sheriff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 attorney	det
2	attorney	attorney	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sorted	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bruv	punct
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attorney	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 attorney	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sorted	nsubj
7	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 calf	det
9	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sorted	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	7 sorted	compound:prt
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 sheriff	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sheriff	det
13	sheriff	sheriff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sorted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort out	past	the attorney and bruv	the calf				with the sheriff	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Theme

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