Test 3 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p…

Mate, why was the king being all sus and sad the whole time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: be · To what, where: king, sus whole time

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 time	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 king	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 king	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 king	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mate	conj
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 time	cop
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 time	det
9	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 time	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sad	cc
11	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sus	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 time	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 time	amod
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 time	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Mate and the king not said here	the king					tree rules
2	is a	gerund	Mate and the king	all sus whole time					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 · ← Mova's choice

he had borrowed a huge sum from the troll and couldn't pay it back

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 borrowed	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 borrowed	aux
3	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sum	det
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sum	amod
6	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 borrowed	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 troll	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 troll	det
9	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 borrowed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pay	cc
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 pay	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 pay	advmod
13	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 borrowed	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pay	obj
15	back	back	ADV	_	13 pay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	past · perfect	he	a huge sum		the troll			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sum=Theme from troll=Source
2	not pay back	could	he not said here	sum					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset

Option 2

he had lost his daughter to a troll

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 daughter	nmod:poss
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 troll	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 troll	det
8	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect	he	his daughter				to a troll	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he owed a debt he couldn't pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 owed	nsubj
2	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 debt	det
4	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owed	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pay	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 pay	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 pay	advmod
8	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 debt	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	past	he	a debt					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent debt=Theme
2	not pay	could	he	a debt not said here					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset

Option 4

his kingdom was at war

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	2 kingdom	nmod:poss
2	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 war	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 war	cop
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 war	case
5	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his kingdom			war			tree rules

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