Test 9 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p…
Bare thing to ask, but what did the kings do at the wedding?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bare thing, kings · What happens: ask, do · To what, where: wedding · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 thing | amod |
| 2 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ask | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 ask | mark |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 did | cc |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 did | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 kings | det |
| 10 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 do | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 did | parataxis |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 wedding | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 wedding | det |
| 14 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 do | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | Bare thing | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | do | present | the kings | the wedding | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
they called him their emperor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | nsubj |
| 2 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | obj |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 emperor | nmod:poss |
| 5 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | they | him = he | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 2
they called him their emperor and held a grand feast in the hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | nsubj |
| 2 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | obj |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 emperor | nmod:poss |
| 5 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 called | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 held | cc |
| 7 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 called | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 feast | det |
| 9 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 feast | amod |
| 10 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 held | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 hall | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hall | det |
| 13 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | they | him = he | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | hold | past | they not said here | a grand feast | the hall | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent feast=Theme in hall=Location |
Option 3
they gave him a golden crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | iobj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 crown | det |
| 5 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 crown | amod |
| 6 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | they | a golden crown | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient crown=Theme |
Option 4
they called him their emperor and held a grand feast in his honour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | nsubj |
| 2 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | obj |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 emperor | nmod:poss |
| 5 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 called | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 held | cc |
| 7 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 called | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 feast | det |
| 9 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 feast | amod |
| 10 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 held | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 honour | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 honour | nmod:poss |
| 13 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | they | him = he | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | hold | past | they not said here | a grand feast | his honour | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent feast=Theme in honour=Location | |||
| 3 | honour | his = he | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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