Test 12 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans o…

Ngl, what saved him from Old Eric at first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: save · To what, where: him, Old Eric

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1632 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans outwits the squire's plots and beats Old Eric at Devilmoss Lake» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 saved	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 saved	nsubj
4	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saved	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 Eric	case
7	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Eric	amod
8	Eric	Eric	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 first	case
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 saved	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 saved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	Ngl	him = he		Old Eric			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme from eric=Source at first=Asset

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His walking-stick, which he was holding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 stick	nmod:poss
2	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stick	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 walking	punct
4	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 holding	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 holding	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 holding	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 holding	aux
9	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stick	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · progressive	he	His walking stick					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme

Option 2

His fishing rod in the boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 rod	nmod:poss
2	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rod	compound
3	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 boat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boat	det
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rod	nmod

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

Option 3

The thick wooden staff he had brought along and was clutching tight in his hands the whole way out on the lake

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 staff	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 staff	amod
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 staff	amod
4	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 brought	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 brought	aux
7	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 staff	acl:relcl
8	along	along	ADV	_	7 brought	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 clutching	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 clutching	aux
11	clutching	clutch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 brought	conj
12	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 clutching	xcomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 hands	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hands	nmod:poss
15	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 clutching	obl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 way	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 way	amod
18	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clutching	obl:unmarked
19	out	out	ADV	_	18 way	advmod
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 lake	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 lake	det
22	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clutching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring along	past · perfect	he	the thick wooden staff not said here				along property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent staff=Theme
2	clutch	past · progressive	he not said here	the whole way		his hands		on the lake; tight property	vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The oars that he kept close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 oars	det
2	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 kept	obj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kept	nsubj
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 oars	acl:relcl
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	the oars				close property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme

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