Test 8 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part…

Did the fish-lad say the troll's words to turn back into a man?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fish lad, troll · What happens: say, turn back, word · To what, where: words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lad	det
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lad	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 fish	punct
5	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 troll	det
8	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 words	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 troll	case
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 say	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 turn	mark
12	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	advcl
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 turn	advmod
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 man	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 man	det
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 turn	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the fish lad	the troll's words		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	turn back	to-infinitive	the fish lad not said here		into a man	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	word		the troll			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

Nope, he just sat there sulking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sat	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 sat	advmod
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 sat	advmod
7	sulking	sulk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sat	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	he			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sulk	gerund	he not said here						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Yeah, he shouted something random

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 shouted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shouted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	nsubj
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 shouted	obj
6	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	he	something					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he remembered them and said them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 remembered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 remembered	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remembered	nsubj
4	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remembered	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 remembered	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past	he	them = they					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	he not said here	them = they					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 4

Nah, he tried but he forgot the words, so he stayed a fish for ages, bruh

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 tried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 forgot	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forgot	nsubj
7	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tried	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 words	det
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 forgot	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stayed	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 stayed	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stayed	nsubj
13	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tried	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fish	det
15	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stayed	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 ages	case
17	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 stayed	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct
19	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	4 tried	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	try	past	he			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	forget	past	he	the words		tree rules
3	stay	past	he	a fish	for ages	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme fish=Location

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