Test 2 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…
so the hares were the trick, right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: hares · What happens: be · To what, where: trick
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1520 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks the Governor with three hares and steals the roast joint» 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 trick | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hares | det |
| 3 | hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 trick | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 trick | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 trick | det |
| 6 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 trick | punct |
| 8 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 6 trick | discourse |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 trick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the hares | the trick | 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
Nope, the old chef's eyes were glued to the stew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 9 glued | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 chef | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 chef | amod |
| 5 | chef | chef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 chef | case |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 glued | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 glued | aux:pass |
| 9 | glued | glue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 stew | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 stew | det |
| 12 | stew | stew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 glued | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glue | past · passive | the old chef's eyes | to the stew | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to stew=Co-Patient |
Option 2
Totally, three hares
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Totally | totally | ADV | _ | 4 hares | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Totally | punct |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 hares | nummod |
| 4 | hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Totally, three hares and the old chef's eyes were glued to the wrong thing
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Totally | totally | ADV | _ | 12 glued | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Totally | punct |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 hares | nummod |
| 4 | hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 glued | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 eyes | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chef | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 chef | amod |
| 8 | chef | chef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 chef | case |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hares | conj |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 glued | aux:pass |
| 12 | glued | glue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 thing | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 thing | det |
| 15 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 thing | amod |
| 16 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 glued | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glue | past · passive | three hares and the old chef's eyes | to the wrong thing; totally property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to thing=Co-Patient |
Option 4
Totally, the cook's eyes were glued to the spit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Totally | totally | ADV | _ | 8 glued | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Totally | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cook | det |
| 4 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 cook | case |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 glued | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 glued | aux:pass |
| 8 | glued | glue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 spit | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 spit | det |
| 11 | spit | spit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 glued | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glue | past · passive | the cook's eyes | to the spit; totally property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to spit=Co-Patient |
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