Test 10 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees…

what did the barber lot think of him yelling?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: him · What happens: think, yell · To what, where: barber lot

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1546 «Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family» 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	6 think	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 think	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lot	det
4	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lot	compound
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 think	obl:unmarked
6	think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 yelling	mark
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 yelling	nsubj
9	yelling	yell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 think	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · do-support		the barber lot					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
2	yell speech: express	gerund	him = he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

they stared at him in fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stared	nsubj
2	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stared	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 fear	case
6	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past	they			fear		at him = he	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme

Option 2

they gawped at him in amazement and then threw him out of the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gawped	nsubj
2	gawped	gawp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gawped	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 amazement	case
6	amazement	amazement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gawped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 threw	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 threw	advmod
9	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gawped	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 threw	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	14 shop	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 shop	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shop	det
14	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gawp	past	they			amazement		at him = he	tree rules
2	throw	past	they not said here	him = he		the shop	then		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme out shop=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

they gawped at him in amazement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gawped	nsubj
2	gawped	gawp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gawped	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 amazement	case
6	amazement	amazement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gawped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gawp	past	they			amazement		at him = he	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

they gawped at him in amazement and asked him what the voice had said to him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gawped	nsubj
2	gawped	gawp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gawped	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 amazement	case
6	amazement	amazement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gawped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asked	cc
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gawped	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asked	iobj
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 said	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 voice	det
12	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 said	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 said	aux
14	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 asked	ccomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	gawp	past	they			amazement	at him = he	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past	they not said here		him = he			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the voice	him = he			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=Manner

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