Test 11 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part…

The lad's gonna lend him six bushels, that's the plan, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lad, that · What happens: lend, be · To what, where: six bushels, him, plan

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1655 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part 44: the lad serves the troll as hare, raven and fish, and meets the troll's daughter» 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lad	det
2	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lend	nsubj
3	's	's	PART	_	2 lad	case
4	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	5 lend	dep
5	lend	lend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lend	obj
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 bushels	nummod
8	bushels	bushel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lend	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 plan	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 plan	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 plan	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plan	det
13	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bushels	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lend	punct
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 lend	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 lend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	infinitive	the lad	six bushels and the plan	him = he				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bushel=Theme
2	is a	present	that	the plan					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

Yeah, six bushels, and he plays the fool at the troll's place, which is wild, mate

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 bushels	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bushels	punct
3	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 bushels	nummod
4	bushels	bushel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 plays	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 plays	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 plays	nsubj
8	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bushels	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fool	det
10	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plays	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	15 place	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 troll	det
13	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 place	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 troll	case
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plays	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 wild	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 wild	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 wild	cop
19	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 place	acl:relcl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 mate	punct
21	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 wild	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	he	the fool		the troll's place			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fool=Theme
2	is	present	the troll's place					mate vocative; wild property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, six bushels, and he plays the fool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 plays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bushels	punct
3	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 bushels	nummod
4	bushels	bushel	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Yeah	vocative
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 plays	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 plays	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 plays	nsubj
8	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fool	det
10	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plays	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	he	the fool					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fool=Theme

Option 3

Nah, he lends ten bushels, and he has to play the fool in the troll's hall for days

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 lends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lends	nsubj
4	lends	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 bushels	nummod
6	bushels	bushel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lends	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 has	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 has	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 has	nsubj
10	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lends	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 play	mark
12	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 has	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fool	det
14	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 play	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 hall	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 troll	det
17	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hall	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 troll	case
19	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 play	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 days	case
21	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	lend	present	he	ten bushels			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bushel=Theme
2	have	present	he				tree rules
3	play	to-infinitive	he not said here	the fool	the troll's hall	day	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fool=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, five bushels, and he's the clown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 bushels	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bushels	punct
3	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 bushels	nummod
4	bushels	bushel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 clown	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 clown	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 clown	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 clown	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clown	det
10	clown	clown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bushels	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	the clown					tree rules

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