Test 5 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Dapplegrim, part 2: the yout…

Mate, how did the brothers feel about his horse?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate, brothers · What happens: do, feel

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1560 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Dapplegrim, part 2: the youth wins a huge dappled horse and rides to the King's palace» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brothers	det
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feel	nsubj
7	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 horse	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 horse	nmod:poss
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Mate						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	feel	present	the brothers					about Mate's horse	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about horse=Location

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

They crossed themselves in shock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crossed	nsubj
2	crossed	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 crossed	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 shock	case
5	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crossed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	past	They	themselves = they				in shock	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient in shock=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They stared in wonder and awe at the horse before them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stared	nsubj
2	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 wonder	case
4	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stared	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 awe	cc
6	awe	awe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wonder	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 horse	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horse	det
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stared	obl
10	before	before	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past	They				before wonder	at the horse; in wonder and awe	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wonder=Theme

Option 3

They knelt down in shock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knelt	nsubj
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 knelt	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 shock	case
5	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knelt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kneel down	past	They			shock			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shock=Location

Option 4

They gasped in sudden fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gasped	nsubj
2	gasped	gasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 fear	case
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fear	amod
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gasped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gasp	past	They					in sudden fear	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in fear=Theme

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