Test 6 · ★ · Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and…
that bird was sayin' blood is in the shoe, what even?!
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bird · What happens: be · To what, where: shoe
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shoe | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 shoe | cop |
| 4 | sayin | sayin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shoe | nsubj |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 sayin | punct |
| 6 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shoe | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 shoe | cop |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 shoe | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 shoe | det |
| 10 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 what | punct |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 shoe | nmod |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 what | advmod |
| 14 | ?! | ?! | PUNCT | _ | 10 shoe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | that bird | the shoe | 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 · ✓ the right answer
The bird was right, blood was trickling from the shoe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 trickling | punct |
| 6 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trickling | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 trickling | aux |
| 8 | trickling | trickle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 right | parataxis |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 shoe | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 shoe | det |
| 11 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trickling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the bird | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | trickle | past · progressive | blood | the shoe | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from shoe=Source |
Option 2
The bird was right, the shoe was full of tar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 full | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shoe | det |
| 7 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 full | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 full | cop |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 right | parataxis |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 tar | case |
| 11 | tar | tar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the bird | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the shoe | of tar; full property | tree rules |
Option 3
The bird was right, for blood was trickling from the shoe that her stepmother had cut
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 trickling | punct |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 trickling | mark |
| 7 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 trickling | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 trickling | aux |
| 9 | trickling | trickle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 right | parataxis |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 shoe | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 shoe | det |
| 12 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 trickling | obl |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 cut | mark |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 stepmother | nmod:poss |
| 15 | stepmother | stepmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 cut | aux |
| 17 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 trickling | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the bird | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | trickle | past · progressive | blood | the shoe | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from shoe=Source | ||||
| 3 | cut | past · perfect · passive | bird's stepmother | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4
The bird was right, blood was trickling from the shoe and staining the Prince's floor
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 trickling | punct |
| 6 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trickling | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 trickling | aux |
| 8 | trickling | trickle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 right | parataxis |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 shoe | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 shoe | det |
| 11 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trickling | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 staining | cc |
| 13 | staining | stain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 trickling | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Prince | det |
| 15 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 floor | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 Prince | case |
| 17 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 staining | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the bird | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | trickle | past · progressive | blood | the shoe | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from shoe=Source | ||||
| 3 | stain | gerund | blood not said here | the Prince's floor | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent floor=Destination |
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