Test 6 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff…

Did the bailiff run off quick when he got the calf?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bailiff · What happens: run off, get · To what, where: calf

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bailiff	det
3	bailiff	bailiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 run	compound:prt
6	quick	quick	ADV	_	4 run	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 got	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 run	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 calf	det
11	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 run	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past · do-support	the bailiff					quick property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	past	bailiff	the calf					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer calf=Stimulus

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

Yeah, he ran like a little boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	8 boy	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 boy	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boy	amod
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	he					like a little boy	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he stayed put and waved at the calf for ages before going

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 put	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux:pass
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 waved	cc
7	waved	wave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 put	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 calf	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 calf	det
10	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waved	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 ages	case
12	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 put	obl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 going	mark
14	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 put	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · passive	he	for ages		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
2	wave	participle			at the calf	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at calf=Location
3	go	gerund				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, he tore off across the field like a fox chasing a hen in the night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tore	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tore	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tore	nsubj
4	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 tore	compound:prt
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tore	obl
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 fox	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fox	det
11	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 field	nmod
12	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 fox	acl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hen	det
14	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chasing	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chasing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore off	past	he			the field like a fox			tree rules
2	chase	gerund	a fox not said here	a hen			night		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he sprinted like a racehorse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sprinted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sprinted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sprinted	nsubj
4	sprinted	sprint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 racehorse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 racehorse	det
7	racehorse	racehorse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sprinted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sprint	past	he					like a racehorse	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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