Test 12 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees…
did the family stay put the first time?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: stay, put
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stay | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 family | det |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stay | nsubj |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stay | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 stay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past · do-support | the family | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | put | infinitive | the family not said here | time | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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
yes, they stayed put quietly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 put | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 put | nsubj |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | aux:pass |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 5 put | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past · passive | they | quietly property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
no, the wife ran, he stopped her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 ran | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 no | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wife | det |
| 4 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ran | nsubj |
| 5 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 stopped | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 ran | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stopped | nsubj |
| 8 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stopped | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the wife | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stop | past | he | wife | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector she=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
the wife tried to bolt, he grabbed her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wife | det |
| 2 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tried | nsubj |
| 3 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 bolt | mark |
| 5 | bolt | bolt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tried | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 grabbed | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 grabbed | nsubj |
| 8 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 tried | conj |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 grabbed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | the wife | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | bolt not said to happen | to-infinitive | the wife not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | grab | past | he | wife | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4
no, the wife tried to bolt for the door, and he grabbed her by the arm
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 tried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 tried | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wife | det |
| 4 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tried | nsubj |
| 5 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 bolt | mark |
| 7 | bolt | bolt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 tried | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 door | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 door | det |
| 10 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bolt | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 grabbed | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 grabbed | cc |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 grabbed | nsubj |
| 14 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 tried | conj |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 grabbed | obj |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 arm | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 arm | det |
| 18 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 grabbed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | the wife | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | bolt not said to happen | to-infinitive | the wife not said here | for the door | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | grab | past | he | wife | by the arm | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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