Test 5 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…

how did he get the third ox though?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: get · To what, where: third ox

This is test 5 · ★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ox	det
6	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 ox	amod
7	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
8	though	though	ADV	_	4 get	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	he	the third ox				though property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ox=Stimulus

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

He whistled like a bullock so dad went chasing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 whistled	nsubj
2	whistled	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 bullock	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bullock	det
5	bullock	bullock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whistled	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 whistled	advcl
9	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	whistle	past	He	like a bullock	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	past	dad		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	chase	gerund	dad not said here		vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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

He bellowed like a bullock in the woods so dad went chasing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bellowed	nsubj
2	bellowed	bellow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 bullock	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bullock	det
5	bullock	bullock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bellowed	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 woods	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woods	det
8	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bellowed	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bellowed	advcl
12	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	bellow	past	He	the woods	like a bullock	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location
2	go	past	dad			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	chase	gerund	dad not said here			vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He bellowed like a bullock in the woods so dad went chasing off after him without a lantern

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bellowed	nsubj
2	bellowed	bellow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 bullock	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bullock	det
5	bullock	bullock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bellowed	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 woods	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woods	det
8	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bellowed	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bellowed	advcl
12	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 went	xcomp
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 chasing	compound:prt
14	after	after	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 chasing	obl
16	without	without	ADP	_	18 lantern	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 lantern	det
18	lantern	lantern	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bellowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	bellow	past	He	the woods		like a bullock; without a lantern	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location
2	go	past	dad				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	chase off	gerund	dad not said here		after dad		vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after he=Theme

Option 4

He bellowed like a bullock in the woods so dad went chasing and the robbers slipped away

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bellowed	nsubj
2	bellowed	bellow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 bullock	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bullock	det
5	bullock	bullock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bellowed	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 woods	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woods	det
8	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bellowed	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bellowed	advcl
12	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 went	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 slipped	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 robbers	det
15	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 slipped	nsubj
16	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bellowed	conj
17	away	away	ADV	_	16 slipped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	bellow	past	He	the woods	like a bullock	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location
2	go	past	dad			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	chase	gerund	dad not said here			vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	slip away	past	the robbers		away property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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