Test 3 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man…

so when the feathers hit the ground what happened, like for real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: feathers · What happens: hit, happen · To what, where: ground

This is test 3 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 hit	advmod
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 hit	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feathers	det
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hit	nsubj
5	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ground	det
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	obj
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 happened	nsubj
9	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 real	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 real	case
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 real	case
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 happened	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	the feathers	the ground					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme
2	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

they turned into ravens that chased the crows home

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 ravens	case
4	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turned	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 chased	nsubj
6	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ravens	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crows	det
8	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chased	obj
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chased	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	they			ravens			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into raven=Trajectory
2	chase	past	ravens	the crows					tree rules

Option 2

they turned into ravens that chased the crows all the way home to their nests in the wood across the hill

The tree, 21 words

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 ravens	case
4	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turned	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 chased	nsubj
6	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ravens	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crows	det
8	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chased	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 way	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	parataxis
12	home	home	ADV	_	11 way	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 nests	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 nests	nmod:poss
15	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turned	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 wood	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wood	det
18	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
19	across	across	ADP	_	21 hill	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hill	det
21	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	they			ravens		to crows's nests; in the wood; across the hill	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into raven=Source to nest=Trajectory in wood=Destination
2	chase	past	ravens	the crows					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme

Option 3

they turned into ravens and flew off somewhere

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 ravens	case
4	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turned	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flew	cc
6	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 flew	compound:prt
8	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 flew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	they			ravens			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into raven=Trajectory
2	fly off	past	they not said here					somewhere property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

they turned into ravens that chased the crows home and then the farmer went mad about it

The tree, 17 words

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 ravens	case
4	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turned	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 chased	nsubj
6	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ravens	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crows	det
8	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chased	obj
9	home	home	ADV	_	6 chased	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 went	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 went	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 farmer	det
13	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	nsubj
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
15	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 went	xcomp
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 mad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	they		ravens			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into raven=Trajectory
2	chase	past	ravens	the crows			home property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme
3	go	past	the farmer			then	mad property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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