Test 12 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the…
Who pulled the lot of them up at the end, mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: pull up · To what, where: lot, end
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1531 «Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the Norka underground and brings his sisters up» 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 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 pulled | nsubj |
| 2 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lot | det |
| 4 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pulled | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lot | nmod |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 pulled | compound:prt |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 end | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 end | det |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pulled | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 end | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull up | past | the lot of them | at the end and mate | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent lot=Theme at end=Asset |
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 · ✓ the right answer
His brothers, on the rope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rope | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 rope | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rope | det |
| 6 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 brothers | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
His two elder brothers, pulling hard on the rope at the top
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 brothers | nummod |
| 3 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brothers | amod |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pulling | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pulling | punct |
| 6 | pulling | pull | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 pulling | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 rope | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 rope | det |
| 10 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pulling | obl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 top | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 top | det |
| 13 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pulling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | gerund | His two elder brothers | at the top; on the rope; hard property | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on rope=Theme |
Option 3
His brothers, on the rope, with the help of the servants
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rope | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 rope | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rope | det |
| 6 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 brothers | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 help | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 help | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 help | det |
| 10 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 brothers | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 servants | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 servants | det |
| 13 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 help | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | the servants | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
His elder brothers, by hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | elder | elder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brothers | compound |
| 3 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hand | punct |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 hand | case |
| 6 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brothers | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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