Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the c…

so the sentries who bolted, where'd they go, lol?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sentries · What happens: bolt, go

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» 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 bolted	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sentries	det
3	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bolted	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 bolted	nsubj
5	bolted	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 go	advmod
8	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 go	nsubj
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bolted	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 bolted	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 bolted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bolt	past	the sentries						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	present	sentries = sentry						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

they got sent off to fight in the war and never came back to the town

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 sent	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fight	mark
6	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 war	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 war	det
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fight	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 came	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 came	advmod
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 came	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 town	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 town	det
16	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	send off	past · passive	they		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fight	to-infinitive		the war	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not come back	past		the town	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

they ran off into the countryside and were never seen again by the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 countryside	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 countryside	det
6	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 seen	cc
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 seen	aux:pass
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 seen	advmod
10	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ran	conj
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 seen	advmod
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 king	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	they					into the countryside result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into countryside=Result
2	not see	past · passive	the king				again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

into the king's army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	into	into	ADP	_	5 army	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 army	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

into the Prussian service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	into	into	ADP	_	4 service	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 service	det
3	Prussian	prussian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 service	amod
4	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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