Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin…
So what's the sword from the first hag actually like, mate?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: sword
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1573 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin tricks three one-eyed hags for magic gifts, then saves the Princess from the first Troll while Ritter Red takes the credit.» 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 sword | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 sword | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sword | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sword | det |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 hag | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hag | det |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 hag | amod |
| 9 | hag | hag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sword | nmod |
| 10 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 13 mate | advmod |
| 11 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 13 mate | discourse |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 like | punct |
| 13 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sword | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 sword | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the sword and mate | from the first hag | 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
Bit like a rusty spoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 spoon | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spoon | det |
| 4 | rusty | rusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spoon | amod |
| 5 | spoon | spoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bit | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It can beat a whole army
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 beat | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 beat | aux |
| 3 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 army | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 army | amod |
| 6 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 beat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | can | It | a whole army | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location army=Theme |
Option 3
It can beat a whole army and then go home for tea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 beat | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 beat | aux |
| 3 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 army | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 army | amod |
| 6 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 beat | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 go | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 go | advmod |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 beat | conj |
| 10 | home | home | ADV | _ | 9 go | advmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 tea | case |
| 12 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | can | It | a whole army | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location army=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | then | for tea; home property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for tea=Beneficiary |
Option 4
It's made of solid gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 gold | case |
| 5 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gold | amod |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | It | of solid gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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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