Test 6 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a…

bruv, how's he gonna prove he can nick stuff?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: be, nick · To what, where: stuff

This is test 6 · ★ 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 prove	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 prove	advmod
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 prove	cop
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 prove	nsubj
6	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	7 prove	dep
7	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 bruv	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 nick	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 nick	aux
10	nick	nick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 prove	ccomp
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nick	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bruv	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					prove property	tree rules
2	nick	can	he	stuff					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient

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

steal a sheep with a bell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sheep	det
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 steal	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 bell	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bell	det
6	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 steal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	imperative	you not said here	a sheep				with a bell	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sheep=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

nick an ox with a shoe trick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nick	nick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ox	det
3	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 nick	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 trick	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trick	det
6	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trick	compound
7	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 nick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	imperative	you not said here	a ox				with a shoe trick	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ox=Patient with trick=Instrument

Option 3

nick the man's ox by distracting him with a shoe and then cutting the rope tied to it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nick	nick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ox	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 man	case
5	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 nick	obj
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 distracting	mark
7	distracting	distract	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 nick	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 distracting	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 shoe	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 shoe	det
11	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 distracting	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cutting	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 cutting	advmod
14	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 distracting	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rope	det
16	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cutting	obj
17	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 cutting	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	nick	imperative	you not said here	the man's ox				vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Patient
2	distract	gerund	you not said here	man			with a shoe	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
3	cut	gerund	you not said here	the rope		then		tree rules
4	tie	participle	you not said here		rope			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to it=Co-Patient

Option 4

nick an ox from the farmer's field using a shoe trick and a bit of luck

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nick	nick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ox	det
3	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 nick	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 field	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 farmer	det
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 field	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 farmer	case
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 nick	obl
9	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 nick	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 trick	det
11	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 trick	compound
12	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 using	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bit	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bit	det
15	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 trick	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 luck	case
17	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	imperative	you not said here	a ox		the farmer's field			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ox=Theme from field=Source
2	use	gerund	you not said here	a shoe trick and a bit of luck					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient

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