Test 1 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a…
ok so the boy gets lost in a proper mad storm, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: lose · To what, where: boy, proper mad storm
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» 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 | ok | ok | INTJ | _ | 6 lost | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 lost | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 boy | det |
| 4 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | aux:pass |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 storm | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 storm | det |
| 9 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 storm | amod |
| 10 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 storm | amod |
| 11 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
| 13 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 lost | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | the boy | a proper mad storm | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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
nah, it's dead calm, he just wandered off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 calm | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 calm | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 calm | cop |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 calm | amod |
| 6 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 wandered | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 wandered | nsubj |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 wandered | advmod |
| 10 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 calm | conj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 wandered | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | calm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wander off | past | he | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, thunder and hail, he's soaked through
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 thunder | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 thunder | punct |
| 3 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 hail | cc |
| 5 | hail | hail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thunder | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 thunder | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 soaked | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 soaked | aux:pass |
| 9 | soaked | soak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 thunder | acl:relcl |
| 10 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 soaked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak | present · passive | he | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
Option 3
nah, it's a massive blizzard, all the trees are down and he's stuck in a ditch somewhere
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 blizzard | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 blizzard | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 blizzard | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 blizzard | det |
| 6 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 blizzard | amod |
| 7 | blizzard | blizzard | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 down | punct |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 trees | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 trees | det |
| 11 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 down | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 down | cop |
| 13 | down | down | ADV | _ | 7 blizzard | advmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 stuck | cc |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 stuck | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 stuck | cop |
| 17 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 blizzard | conj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 ditch | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 ditch | det |
| 20 | ditch | ditch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 stuck | obl |
| 21 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 20 ditch | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a massive blizzard | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | all trees | down property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | he | a ditch | stuck property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
yeah, rain bucketing down, he can't see nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 bucketing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bucketing | punct |
| 3 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bucketing | nsubj |
| 4 | bucketing | bucket | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 bucketing | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 see | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 see | advmod |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 bucketing | conj |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bucket down | gerund | rain | down property | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | ||||
| 2 | not see | can | rain | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
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