Test 8 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…

did the youth look like a rich dude in the yard?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youth · What happens: look

This is test 8 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 youth	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 youth	det
3	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	nsubj
4	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	8 dude	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dude	det
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dude	amod
8	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 yard	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 yard	det
11	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dude	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the youth					like a rich dude in the yard	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

Yeah, he rocked a general's uniform and drove in like a big shot with horses behind him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 rocked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rocked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rocked	nsubj
4	rocked	rock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 general	det
6	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 uniform	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 general	case
8	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rocked	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drove	cc
10	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rocked	conj
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 drove	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 shot	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 shot	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shot	amod
15	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drove	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 horses	case
17	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 shot	nmod
18	behind	behind	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 horses	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rock	past	he	a general's uniform					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location uniform=Theme
2	drive in	past	he not said here					like a big shot with horses behind him	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he wore rags and walked in like a beggar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wore	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wore	nsubj
4	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wore	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walked	cc
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wore	conj
8	in	in	ADV	_	7 walked	advmod
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 beggar	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 beggar	det
11	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	he	rags					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent rag=Source
2	walk in	past	he not said here					like a beggar	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, he wore a captain's coat and drove in like a big shot

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wore	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wore	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wore	nsubj
4	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 captain	det
6	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coat	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 captain	case
8	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wore	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drove	cc
10	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wore	conj
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 drove	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 shot	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 shot	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shot	amod
15	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	he	a captain's coat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme
2	drive in	past	he not said here					like a big shot	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he rocked a general's uniform and drove in like a big shot

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 rocked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rocked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rocked	nsubj
4	rocked	rock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 general	det
6	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 uniform	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 general	case
8	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rocked	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drove	cc
10	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rocked	conj
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 drove	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 shot	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 shot	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shot	amod
15	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rock	past	he	a general's uniform					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location uniform=Theme
2	drive in	past	he not said here					like a big shot	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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