Test 7 · ★ · Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats t…
So what's the big rule with the ring, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: big rule
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1511 «Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats three trolls and wins back the princesses, then wishes himself home» 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 rule | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 rule | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rule | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rule | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rule | amod |
| 6 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 ring | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ring | det |
| 9 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rule | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rule | punct |
| 11 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 rule | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 rule | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the big rule | with the ring | 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
Never wish for gold in it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 wish | advmod |
| 2 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 gold | case |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wish | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wish | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wish | imperative | you not said here | for gold; for gold | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for gold=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Don't chuck it or say their names
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 chuck | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 chuck | advmod |
| 3 | chuck | chuck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 chuck | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 say | cc |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 chuck | conj |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 names | nmod:poss |
| 8 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not chuck | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | their names | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic | ||||
| 3 | name | their = they | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Don't sell it or wear it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 sell | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 sell | advmod |
| 3 | sell | sell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sell | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 wear | cc |
| 6 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 sell | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sell | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wear | infinitive | you not said here | it | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Don't lose it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 lose | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 lose | advmod |
| 3 | lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not lose | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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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