Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man…

ok but how did the dude get the eagle to take him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dude · What happens: get, take · To what, where: eagle

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» 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	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 get	cc
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dude	det
6	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 ok	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eagle	det
9	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 take	mark
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 get	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 take	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 ok	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	the dude	the eagle					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eagle=Stimulus
2	take	to-infinitive	the dude not said here		eagle				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

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

the eagle wanted food first, then he sat in a feather's place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 wanted	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sat	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 sat	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sat	nsubj
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 place	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 feather	det
12	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 place	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 feather	case
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the eagle	food				first property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme
2	sit	past	eagle			a feather's place	then		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the eagle picked him up cause he was sad lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picked	nsubj
3	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 picked	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 picked	compound:prt
6	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	9 sad	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sad	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sad	cop
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 picked	advcl
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 picked	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	past	the eagle	him = he					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
2	is	past	eagle					sad property	tree rules

Option 3

he gave the eagle some bread then it let him ride along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eagle	det
4	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 bread	det
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 let	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	nsubj
9	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	obj
11	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	xcomp
12	along	along	ADV	_	11 ride	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	some bread	the eagle			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Recipient bread=Theme
2	let	past	bread	eagle		then		tree rules
3	ride along	infinitive	eagle not said here				along property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

the eagle wanted food first, so he gave it bread and then sat in a feather's place and held on tight

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 wanted	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gave	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 gave	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	nsubj
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	obj
11	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sat	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 sat	advmod
14	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 place	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 feather	det
17	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 place	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 feather	case
19	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sat	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 held	cc
21	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 sat	conj
22	on	on	ADP	_	21 held	compound:prt
23	tight	tight	ADV	_	14 sat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the eagle	food			first property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme
2	give	past	eagle	food				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient bread=Theme
3	sit	past	the eagle not said here		a feather's place	then	tight property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location
4	hold on	participle	the eagle not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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