Test 1 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, thr…

test: ngl that old man is so sus, he kept running back to check on a cow

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, test, man · What happens: man, be, keep, run back, check

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1638 «Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, three lost sacks, one lesson he never learns» 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	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sus	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 ngl	punct
3	ngl	ngl	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 test	appos
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 man	nsubj
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ngl	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sus	cop
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 sus	advmod
9	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kept	nsubj
12	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sus	conj
13	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 kept	xcomp
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 running	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 check	mark
16	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 kept	advcl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 cow	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 cow	det
19	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	man		that		tree rules
2	is	present	test	suspect property	tree rules
3	keep	past	man		tree rules
4	run back	gerund	man not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	check	to-infinitive	man not said here	on a cow	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cow=Location

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

yeah, he kept losing the cash over and over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cash	det
7	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 losing	obj
8	over	over	ADV	_	5 losing	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 over	cc
10	over	over	ADV	_	8 over	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he						tree rules
2	lose	gerund	he not said here	the cash				over property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

fr, and he lost the money every single time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lost	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lost	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lost	nsubj
5	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 money	det
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 time	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	fr	the money			time		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality

Option 3

fr, and he lost the money every single time he went back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lost	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lost	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lost	nsubj
5	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 money	det
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 time	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 time	acl:relcl
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 went	advmod
14	home	home	ADV	_	12 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	fr	the money			time		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality
2	go back	past	fr	every single time not said here				home property	tree rules

Option 4

fr fr, and the thief kept grabbing it every single time he turned around

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fr	compound
2	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	nsubj:outer
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 kept	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thief	det
6	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	nsubj
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	grabbing	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 kept	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grabbing	obj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 time	det
11	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obl:unmarked
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 turned	nsubj
14	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 time	acl:relcl
15	around	around	ADV	_	14 turned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	fr fr		time		tree rules
2	grab	gerund	fr fr not said here	thief			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	turn around	past	fr	every single time not said here		around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent time=Theme

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