Test 5 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

Deadass, what even is a last of malt, like a bucket?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Deadass · What happens: be · To what, where: last

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1575 «Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the second Princess from the Troll, brews the deadly ale, then is struck by his brother» 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	Deadass	Deadass	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 last	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 last	nsubj
4	even	even	ADV	_	7 last	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 last	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 last	det
7	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Deadass	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 malt	case
9	malt	malt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 last	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bucket	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 bucket	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bucket	det
13	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Deadass	appos
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Deadass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Deadass	a last				of malt	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

yeah, it's like a giant ancient barrel that holds hundreds of gallons of ale

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	9 barrel	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 barrel	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 barrel	cop
5	like	like	ADP	_	9 barrel	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 barrel	det
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 barrel	amod
8	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 barrel	amod
9	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 holds	nsubj
11	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 barrel	acl:relcl
12	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 holds	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 gallons	case
14	gallons	gallon	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hundreds	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 ale	case
16	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gallons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					like a giant ancient barrel	tree rules
2	hold	present	a giant ancient barrel	hundreds of gallons of ale					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundred=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, it's a massive old measure of grain, like a whole cart full of barley

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 measure	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 measure	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 measure	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 measure	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 measure	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 measure	amod
8	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 grain	case
10	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 measure	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cart	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 cart	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 cart	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cart	amod
15	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 measure	conj
16	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cart	amod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 barley	case
18	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a massive old measure and a whole cart				of grain	tree rules

Option 3

nah, it's a big old sack of grain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 sack	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sack	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sack	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sack	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sack	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sack	amod
8	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 grain	case
10	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a big old sack				of grain	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, it's a massive old measure of grain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 measure	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 measure	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 measure	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 measure	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 measure	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 measure	amod
8	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 grain	case
10	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 measure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a massive old measure				of grain	tree rules

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