Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff…

Wait, why kept the coach snapping every time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, coach · What happens: wait, keep, snap · To what, where: coach

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 kept	advmod
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wait	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coach	det
6	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
7	snapping	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 coach	acl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 snapping	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep	participle	you not said here	the coach		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=Theme
3	snap	gerund	the coach not said here		time	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cause the wood was rubbish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wood	det
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rubbish	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rubbish	cop
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cause	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is a	past	the wood	rubbish					tree rules

Option 2

Cause the trace-pins kept breaking and nobody fixed the thing properly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 pins	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pins	det
3	trace	trace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pins	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 trace	punct
5	pins	pin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kept	nsubj
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	breaking	break	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 kept	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fixed	cc
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 fixed	nsubj
10	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 thing	det
12	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fixed	obj
13	properly	properly	ADV	_	10 fixed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	keep	past	the Cause trace pins			tree rules
3	break	gerund	the Cause trace pins not said here			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	fix	past	nobody	the thing	properly property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thing=Patient

Option 3

Cause the horses were far too tired and the wheels were stuck in mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horses	det
3	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tired	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tired	cop
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 tired	advmod
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 tired	advmod
7	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cause	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stuck	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wheels	det
10	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 stuck	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 stuck	cop
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tired	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 mud	case
14	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	past	the horses		far, tired property	tree rules
3	is	past	the wheels	mud	stuck property	tree rules

Option 4

Cause the horses were lazy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horses	det
3	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lazy	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lazy	cop
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cause	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	past	the horses					lazy property	tree rules

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