Test 1 · ★ · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…

Mate, how did Esben even nick that dove off the witch?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: nick · To what, where: dove

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1657 «Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals the dove, then the king asks for a golden-bristled boar» 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	7 nick	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 nick	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 nick	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 nick	aux
5	Esben	Esben	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 nick	advmod
7	nick	nick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 dove	det
9	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nick	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	12 witch	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 witch	det
12	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nick	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 nick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past · do-support		that dove				off the witch; Mate vocative	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dove=Theme off witch=Source

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

He caught it with a net

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 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 net	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 net	det
6	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	He	it				with a net	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He shook a whole sack of peas out for it

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 shook	nsubj
2	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sack	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sack	amod
5	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shook	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 peas	case
7	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sack	nmod
8	out	out	ADV	_	2 shook	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shook	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	He	a whole sack of peas				for sack; out property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sack=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He shook a bag of peas out

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 shook	nsubj
2	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shook	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 peas	case
6	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bag	nmod
7	out	out	ADV	_	2 shook	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	He	a bag of peas				out property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bag=Patient

Option 4

He shook a bag of peas out and grabbed it

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 shook	nsubj
2	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shook	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 peas	case
6	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bag	nmod
7	out	out	ADV	_	2 shook	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 grabbed	cc
9	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shook	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 grabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	He	a bag of peas				out property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bag=Patient
2	grab	past	He not said here	bag					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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