Test 3 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…

wait, the dad had to go ask the Governor?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, dad · What happens: wait, have, go, ask · To what, where: Governor

This is test 3 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dad	det
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	xcomp
8	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 go	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Governor	det
10	Governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	the dad		tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	the dad not said here		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	ask speech: ask	infinitive	the dad not said here	the Governor	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent governor=Recipient

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, he was told to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	5 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive		he					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the youth was threatening him with a birch stick, so he had to

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 threatening	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 threatening	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youth	det
4	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 threatening	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 threatening	aux
6	threatening	threaten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 threatening	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 stick	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stick	det
10	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stick	compound
11	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 threatening	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 had	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	15 had	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 had	nsubj
15	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 threatening	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	15 had	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	threaten	past · progressive	the youth	him = he				with a birch stick	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	have	past	youth						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yeah, the son was beating him with a rod, so he went

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 beating	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 beating	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 son	det
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beating	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 beating	aux
6	beating	beat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 beating	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 rod	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rod	det
10	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beating	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 went	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 went	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 went	nsubj
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 beating	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	past · progressive	the son	him = he				with a rod	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with rod=Instrument
2	go	past	son						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Nah, the youth was bribing him with gold, so he did

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 bribing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youth	det
4	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bribing	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bribing	aux
6	bribing	bribe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bribing	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 gold	case
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bribing	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 did	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 did	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 did	nsubj
13	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bribing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	past · progressive	the youth	him = he				with gold	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	do	past	youth						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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