Test 3 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads a…
Bruv, what was the Foal even on about with the Troll?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv · What happens: be · To what, where: Foal, Troll
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Foal | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 Foal | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 Foal | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Foal | det |
| 6 | Foal | foal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bruv | appos |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 Troll | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 Troll | case |
| 9 | about | about | ADV | _ | 12 Troll | advmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 Troll | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Troll | det |
| 12 | Troll | troll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Foal | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Bruv | the Foal | the Troll | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Some Troll put a spell on the brothers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 Troll | det |
| 2 | Troll | troll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | nsubj |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spell | det |
| 5 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 brothers | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 brothers | det |
| 8 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | some Troll | a spell | on the brothers | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on brother=Destination |
Option 2
The Troll cursed the old King's sons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Troll | det |
| 2 | Troll | troll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cursed | nsubj |
| 3 | cursed | curse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 King | amod |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 sons | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cursed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | past | the Troll | the old King's sons | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Some Troll turned the brothers into foals ages ago when they went hunting in the woods
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 Troll | det |
| 2 | Troll | Troll | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brothers | det |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 turned | obj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 foals | case |
| 7 | foals | foal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 turned | obl |
| 8 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 turned | obl |
| 9 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 3 turned | advmod |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 went | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 went | nsubj |
| 12 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 turned | parataxis |
| 13 | hunting | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 went | xcomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 woods | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 woods | det |
| 16 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 hunting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | some Troll | the brothers | ages | into foals result; ago property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent brother=Theme into foal=Result | ||
| 2 | go | past | brothers = brother | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | hunt | gerund | brothers = brother not said here | the woods | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location |
Option 4
The Troll wanted the Princess for his own bride and cursed all seven of them
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Troll | det |
| 2 | Troll | Troll | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 bride | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bride | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bride | amod |
| 9 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 cursed | cc |
| 11 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 bride | conj |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 seven | det |
| 13 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 wanted | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 seven | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the Troll | the Princess | for Troll's own bride; all seven of them obl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme | |||
| 2 | curse | participle | the Troll not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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