Test 3 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff…

Was the Master-maid well sharp or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: Master maid

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 maid	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 maid	det
3	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 maid	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 Master	punct
5	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sharp	csubj
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 sharp	advmod
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 what	cc
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sharp	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 sharp	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Master maid					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

Totally, she sorted the whole lot out with a clever trick and the King was well impressed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	4 sorted	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Totally	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sorted	nsubj
4	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lot	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lot	amod
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sorted	obj
8	out	out	ADV	_	4 sorted	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 trick	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 trick	det
11	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 trick	amod
12	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sorted	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 impressed	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 King	det
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 impressed	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 impressed	aux:pass
17	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 impressed	advmod
18	impressed	impress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 trick	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	past	she	the whole lot				with a clever trick; out, totally property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme
2	impress	past · passive		the King				well property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Totally, she was dead clever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	6 clever	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Totally	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 clever	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 clever	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clever	amod
6	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					clever, totally property	tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, she was dead clever and the bailiff was a right muppet about it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 clever	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 clever	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 clever	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 clever	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clever	amod
6	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 muppet	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bailiff	det
9	bailiff	bailiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 muppet	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 muppet	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 muppet	det
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 muppet	amod
13	muppet	muppet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clever	conj
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 muppet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					clever property	tree rules
2	is a	past	the bailiff	a right muppet				about muppet	tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, she was proper smart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 smart	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 smart	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 smart	cop
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 smart	amod
6	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					smart property	tree rules

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