Test 12 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads a…
Why did Cinderlad sneak a flask out of the church?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cinderlad · What happens: sneak · To what, where: flask, church
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 sneak | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sneak | aux |
| 3 | Cinderlad | Cinderlad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sneak | nsubj |
| 4 | sneak | sneak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 flask | det |
| 6 | flask | flask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sneak | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 church | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 church | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 church | det |
| 10 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sneak | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 sneak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneak | past · do-support | Cinderlad | a flask | the church | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent flask=Theme out church=Trajectory |
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
To show the King what the foals drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 show | mark |
| 2 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 show | obj |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 drink | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 foals | det |
| 7 | foals | foal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 drink | nsubj |
| 8 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 show | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | to-infinitive | the King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | drink | present | the foals | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
Option 2
To keep the bread fresh for the wedding and prove the foals had been to church
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bread | det |
| 4 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 5 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keep | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 wedding | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wedding | det |
| 8 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 prove | cc |
| 10 | prove | prove | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 keep | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 foals | det |
| 12 | foals | foal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 church | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 church | aux |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 church | cop |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 church | case |
| 16 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 prove | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the bread | for the wedding; fresh property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme | ||||
| 2 | prove | infinitive | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | past · perfect | the foals | to church | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
To prove to the King that the foals were really cursed princes under a Troll's spell
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 prove | mark |
| 2 | prove | prove | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 King | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 prove | obl |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 cursed | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 foals | det |
| 8 | foals | foal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 cursed | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 cursed | aux:pass |
| 10 | really | really | ADV | _ | 11 cursed | advmod |
| 11 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 princes | amod |
| 12 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 prove | obj |
| 13 | under | under | ADP | _ | 17 spell | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 Troll | det |
| 15 | Troll | troll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 spell | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 Troll | case |
| 17 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prove | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | to-infinitive | cursed princes | a Troll's spell | to the King | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | |||
| 2 | curse | past · passive | the foals | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | spell | a Troll | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
To show the King where the foals sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 show | mark |
| 2 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 show | obj |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 sleep | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 foals | det |
| 7 | foals | foal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sleep | nsubj |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 show | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | to-infinitive | the King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | sleep | present | the foals | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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