Test 8 · ★ · Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and…

so the servants were all salty about Kari trying the shoe?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: servants, Kari · What happens: be, try · To what, where: shoe

This is test 8 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	6 salty	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 servants	det
3	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 salty	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 salty	cop
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 salty	advmod
6	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	SCONJ	_	9 trying	mark
8	Kari	Kari	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 trying	nsubj
9	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 salty	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shoe	det
11	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trying	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the servants					all, salty property	tree rules
2	try	gerund	Kari	the shoe					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Eventuality

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 laughed and mocked her and said she had feet like a horse

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mocked	cc
6	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laughed	conj
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mocked	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laughed	conj
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
12	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 had	obj
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 horse	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 horse	det
15	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	they			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mock	past	they not said here	her = she		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	they not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	have	past	she	feet	like a horse	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient

Option 2

Yes, they all laughed loudly and mocked the poor girl and her wooden gown

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughed	nsubj
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 laughed	advmod
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 laughed	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mocked	cc
8	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 laughed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 girl	det
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 girl	amod
11	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mocked	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gown	cc
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 gown	nmod:poss
14	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 gown	amod
15	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laughed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	they					all, loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mock	past	they not said here	the poor girl					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme

Option 3

Yes, they shouted and jeered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 shouted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shouted	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	nsubj
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 jeered	cc
6	jeered	jeer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shouted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	they						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	jeer	past	they not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, they laughed and mocked her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 laughed	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mocked	cc
6	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laughed	conj
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mocked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	they						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mock	past	they not said here	her = she					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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