Test 5 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a…

what's the lad's big plan to get in with them?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: big plan, lad · What happens: be, get in, plan

This is test 5 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lad	det
4	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plan	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 lad	case
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plan	amod
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 plan	acl
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 get	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 get	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the lad's big plan		tree rules
2	get in	to-infinitive	the lad's big plan not said here	with them = they	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	plan		the lad		nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

offer to be their servant and learn to nick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	5 servant	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 servant	cop
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 servant	nmod:poss
5	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 offer	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 learn	cc
7	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 offer	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 nick	mark
9	nick	nick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 learn	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	offer	imperative	you not said here		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	their servant	tree rules
3	learn	infinitive	you not said here		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	nick	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

tell them he's a great fighter and then steal all their horses while they sleep at night

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 tell	iobj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fighter	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fighter	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fighter	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fighter	amod
7	fighter	fighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 tell	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 steal	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 steal	advmod
10	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 tell	conj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 horses	det:predet
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 horses	nmod:poss
13	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 steal	obj
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 sleep	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sleep	nsubj
16	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 steal	advcl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 night	case
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		them = they		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	is a	present	he	a great fighter			tree rules
3	steal	present	you not said here	their horses		then	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme
4	sleep	present	horses = horse			night	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

pretend he's a rich man's son

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 son	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 son	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 man	case
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 pretend	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is a	present	he	a rich man's son					tree rules

Option 4

offer to be their servant for a year and learn all the tricks of how to nick stuff

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	5 servant	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 servant	cop
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 servant	nmod:poss
5	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 offer	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 year	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 servant	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 learn	cc
10	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 offer	conj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 tricks	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tricks	det
13	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 learn	obj
14	of	of	SCONJ	_	17 nick	mark
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 nick	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 nick	mark
17	nick	nick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 tricks	acl
18	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 nick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	offer	imperative	you not said here			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	to-infinitive		their servant	year	tree rules
3	learn	infinitive	you not said here	all tricks		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic
4	nick	to-infinitive	you not said here	stuff		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient

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