Test 3 · ★ · Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and…

wait, what was the tar thing about, was he being extra?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: tar thing

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1550 «Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and the wedding» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thing	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 thing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	compound
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	parataxis
8	about	about	ADV	_	13 extra	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 about	punct
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 extra	cop
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 extra	nsubj
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 extra	cop
13	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		the tar thing		tree rules
3	is	past	he		about, extra property	tree rules

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

He had tar poured in the porch to help her over, so the gold shoe would stick there

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
4	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tar	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 porch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 porch	det
7	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 help	mark
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 poured	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 help	obj
11	over	over	ADP	_	9 help	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 stick	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	18 stick	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shoe	det
15	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shoe	compound
16	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stick	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 stick	aux
18	stick	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	conj
19	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 stick	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	have	past	He	tar			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tar=Patient
2	pour	participle		tar not said here		the porch	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
3	help over	to-infinitive			her = she		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary
4	stick	would	the gold shoe			there	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He wanted the stairs tarred for the feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stairs	det
4	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wanted	obj
5	tarred	tar	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stairs	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 feast	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feast	det
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tarred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	the stairs					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stair=Theme
2	tar	participle		the stairs not said here				for the feast	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He had tar poured in the porch to help her over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 poured	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poured	aux
3	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	nsubj
4	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 porch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 porch	det
7	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 help	mark
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 poured	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 help	obj
11	over	over	ADP	_	9 help	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past · perfect	He			the porch			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
2	help over	to-infinitive	He not said here		tar				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary

Option 4

He had a firkin of tar emptied in the porch so that she could cross over easily to the church door

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 firkin	det
4	firkin	firkin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 tar	case
6	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 firkin	nmod
7	emptied	empty	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tar	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 porch	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 porch	det
10	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 emptied	obl
11	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 cross	mark
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 so	fixed
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cross	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 cross	aux
15	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	advcl
16	over	over	ADV	_	17 easily	advmod
17	easily	easily	ADV	_	15 cross	advmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 door	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 door	det
20	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 door	compound
21	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	a firkin of tar			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firkin=Patient
2	empty	participle		tar not said here	the porch		vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source
3	cross	could	she		the church door	easily property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial_Location

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