Test 7 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…

what's the Priest's problem?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: problem · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	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 Priest	det
4	Priest	Priest	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 problem	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Priest	case
6	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Priest's problem						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 · ← Mova's choice

He laughed at the Governor and reckons he'd never fall for it, even if the youth tried it again

The tree, 20 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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 Governor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Governor	det
5	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 reckons	cc
7	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fall	nsubj
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fall	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 fall	advmod
11	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 reckons	ccomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fall	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tried	punct
15	even	even	ADV	_	19 tried	advmod
16	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 tried	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 youth	det
18	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tried	nsubj
19	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 tried	obj
21	again	again	ADV	_	19 tried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He		the Governor			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reckon	present	He not said here					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not fall	would	he				for Governor	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme
4	try a condition, not said to happen	past	the youth	Governor		again		vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

He cheered for the Governor and reckons he'd never fall for it

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 cheered	nsubj
2	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 Governor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Governor	det
5	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cheered	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 reckons	cc
7	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cheered	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fall	nsubj
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fall	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 fall	advmod
11	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 reckons	ccomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cheer	past	He	for the Governor	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	reckon	present	He not said here		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not fall	would	he	for Governor	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme

Option 3

He yelled at the Governor and reckons he'd never fall for it

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 yelled	nsubj
2	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 Governor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Governor	det
5	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 yelled	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 reckons	cc
7	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 yelled	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fall	nsubj
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fall	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 fall	advmod
11	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 reckons	ccomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	past	He	at the Governor	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at governor=Stimulus
2	reckon	present	He not said here		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not fall	would	he	for Governor	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He laughed at the Governor and reckons he'd never fall for it

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 Governor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Governor	det
5	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 reckons	cc
7	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fall	nsubj
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fall	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 fall	advmod
11	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 reckons	ccomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He	the Governor		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reckon	present	He not said here			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not fall	would	he		for Governor	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme

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