Test 12 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…
Be honest, did the King actually find Whiteland by the end of this part?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: King · What happens: be, find · To what, where: Whiteland · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» 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 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 2 honest | cop |
| 2 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 find | csubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 honest | punct |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 find | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 find | nsubj |
| 7 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 8 find | advmod |
| 8 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | Whiteland | Whiteland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 find | obj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 find | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 part | case |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 part | det |
| 15 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 end | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | infinitive | honest property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | find | past · do-support | the King | Whiteland | by the end of this part | actually property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whiteland=Topic |
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
nope, he got sent to another Lord who knew nothing about the white country
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sent | aux:pass |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Lord | case |
| 7 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 Lord | det |
| 8 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | obl |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 knew | nsubj |
| 10 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sent | conj |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 knew | obj |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 15 country | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 country | det |
| 14 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 country | amod |
| 15 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 nothing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · passive | he | another Lord | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to lord=Destination | ||||
| 2 | know | past | nothing | about the white country | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
nope, he got sent to another Lord
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sent | aux:pass |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Lord | case |
| 7 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 Lord | det |
| 8 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · passive | he | another Lord | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to lord=Destination |
Option 3
yes, he found Whiteland, but then he got sent to another Lord to get the snow shoes back
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 found | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Whiteland | Whiteland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sent | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 sent | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 sent | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sent | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 sent | aux:pass |
| 11 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 found | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Lord | case |
| 13 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 Lord | det |
| 14 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sent | obl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 get | mark |
| 16 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 sent | advcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 shoes | det |
| 18 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 shoes | compound |
| 19 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 get | obj |
| 20 | back | back | ADV | _ | 16 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | he | Whiteland | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whiteland=Topic | ||||
| 2 | send | past · passive | Whiteland | another Lord | then | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to lord=Destination | |||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | the snow shoes | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shoe=Stimulus |
Option 4
yes, he got sent to a Troll
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sent | aux:pass |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Troll | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 Troll | det |
| 8 | Troll | troll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · passive | he | a Troll | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to troll=Destination |
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