Test 11 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9:…

did the Moon know the way to the castle?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Moon · What happens: know · To what, where: way

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1512 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9: Halvor's parents know him, then the Princesses vanish and he sets out again» 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 know	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Moon	det
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 know	nsubj
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 castle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past · do-support	the Moon	the way				to the castle	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=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

nope, a huge cloud was in the way and she couldn't see anything for ages, bro, lol

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	9 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cloud	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cloud	amod
5	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 way	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 way	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 way	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 way	det
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 see	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 see	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 see	advmod
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 way	conj
15	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 see	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 ages	case
17	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 see	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bro	punct
19	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ages	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 way	punct
21	lol	lol	INTJ	_	9 way	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a huge cloud			the way			tree rules
2	not see	could	she	anything			for ages and bro		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nope, a cloud was in the way, so she couldn't see it at all, bro

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	8 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cloud	det
4	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 way	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 see	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 see	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 see	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 see	advmod
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 way	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 see	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 see	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bro	punct
19	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a cloud			the way			tree rules
2	not see	could	she	cloud		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

nah, the sky was too dark, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 dark	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sky	det
4	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dark	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dark	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 dark	advmod
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bro	punct
9	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dark	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the sky					bro vocative; dark property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nope, a cloud was in the way, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	8 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cloud	det
4	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 way	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
10	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a cloud			the way and bro			tree rules

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