Test 10 · ★ · Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with…
Real talk, did the Princess ever find him the second time?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Real talk · What happens: find · To what, where: him
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1562 «Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with two tricks and a second horse» 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 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 talk | amod |
| 2 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 find | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 talk | punct |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 find | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Princess | det |
| 6 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 find | advmod |
| 8 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 find | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 time | det |
| 11 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 time | amod |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 find | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · do-support | Real talk | him = he | ever; time | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
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, but he cheated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 cheated | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cheated | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 cheated | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cheated | nsubj |
| 5 | cheated | cheat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheat | past | he | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
no, Dapplegrim hid him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 hid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 no | punct |
| 3 | Dapplegrim | Dapplegrim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hid | nsubj |
| 4 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | Dapplegrim | him = he | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3
no, he got away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away | past | he | away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
yes, she saw him by the hoof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 hoof | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hoof | det |
| 8 | hoof | hoof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | she | him = he | by the hoof | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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