Test 9 · ★ · Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and…

lowkey, Kari's whole vibe with the dragoons clatter on the stairs was a lot

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dragoons, lowkey · What happens: clatter, be · To what, where: stairs

This is test 9 · ★ 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 was	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 vibe	punct
3	Kari	Kari	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 vibe	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Kari	case
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vibe	amod
6	vibe	vibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lowkey	appos
7	with	with	SCONJ	_	10 clatter	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dragoons	det
9	dragoons	dragoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 clatter	nsubj
10	clatter	clatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 vibe	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 stairs	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stairs	det
13	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 clatter	obl
14	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 lot	det
16	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 was	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clatter	present	the dragoons			the stairs			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stair=Location
2	be	past	lowkey						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Her wooden gown clattered like a regiment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 gown	nmod:poss
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gown	amod
3	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	clattered	clatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gown	acl
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 regiment	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 regiment	det
7	regiment	regiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clatter	participle		Her wooden gown not said here				like a regiment	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Her shoes clattered like a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 shoes	nmod:poss
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 clattered	nsubj:pass
3	clattered	clatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clatter	participle · passive		Her shoes				like a horse	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Her gown rattled like a drum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 gown	nmod:poss
2	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rattled	nsubj
3	rattled	rattle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 drum	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 drum	det
6	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rattled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rattle	participle	Her gown					like a drum	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Her wooden gown clattered like a whole regiment of soldiers marching down the stairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 gown	nmod:poss
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gown	amod
3	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	clattered	clatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gown	acl
5	like	like	ADP	_	8 regiment	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 regiment	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 regiment	amod
8	regiment	regiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clattered	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 soldiers	case
10	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 regiment	nmod
11	marching	march	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 soldiers	acl
12	down	down	ADP	_	14 stairs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stairs	det
14	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 marching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clatter	participle		Her wooden gown not said here				like a whole regiment of soldiers	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	march	gerund	soldiers not said here			the stairs			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down stair=Trajectory

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