Test 4 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man…

and the splinters, were they just sticks lol?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: splinters · What happens: be

This is test 4 · ★ 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sticks	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 splinters	det
3	splinters	splinter	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sticks	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 splinters	punct
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sticks	cop
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sticks	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 sticks	advmod
8	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	8 sticks	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sticks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the splinters					stick property	tree rules

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

nah they grew into a massive wood, farmer had to fetch an axe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 grew	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 wood	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wood	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grew	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fetch	mark
12	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 had	xcomp
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 axe	det
14	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grow	past	they		into a massive wood result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into wood=Result
2	have	past	farmer			tree rules
3	fetch	to-infinitive	farmer not said here	a axe		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme

Option 2

nah they grew into a massive wood, farmer had a fit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 grew	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 had	advcl
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 wood	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wood	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fit	det
12	fit	fit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	they					into a massive wood result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into wood=Result
2	have	past	farmer	a fit					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fit=Patient

Option 3

nah they grew into a massive wood, farmer had to fetch an axe and his whole family and the dog

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 grew	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 wood	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wood	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grew	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fetch	mark
12	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 had	xcomp
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 axe	det
14	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fetch	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 family	cc
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 family	nmod:poss
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 family	amod
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 axe	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 dog	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 dog	det
21	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 axe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grow	past	they		into a massive wood result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into wood=Result
2	have	past	farmer			tree rules
3	fetch	to-infinitive	farmer not said here	a axe and farmer's whole family and the dog		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme

Option 4

nah they turned into a big wood, the farmer needed help to cut it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 turned	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 wood	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wood	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 needed	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 farmer	det
10	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 needed	nsubj
11	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	conj
12	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 needed	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 cut	mark
14	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 help	acl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	turn	past	they		a big wood	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into wood=Trajectory
2	need	past	the farmer	help		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
3	cut	to-infinitive	the farmer not said here	help		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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