Test 13 · ★ · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…
Did the king believe the brothers when they said they never promised the dove?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, brothers · What happens: believe, say, not promise · To what, where: brothers, dove · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 13 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 king | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 brothers | det |
| 6 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 believe | iobj |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 said | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 believe | advcl |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 promised | nsubj |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 promised | advmod |
| 12 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 dove | det |
| 14 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 promised | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 believe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | the king | the brothers | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | brothers = brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not promise speech: promise | past | brothers = brother | the dove | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dove=Theme |
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
Nah, he didn't believe them at first, and locked them up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 believe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 believe | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 believe | advmod |
| 6 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 first | case |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 believe | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 locked | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 locked | cc |
| 12 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 believe | advcl |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 locked | obj |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 locked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe | past · do-support | he | them = they | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | lock up | past | he not said here | them = they | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he didn't believe them at first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 believe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 believe | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 believe | advmod |
| 6 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 first | case |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 believe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe | past · do-support | he | them = they | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yeah, he believed them, but still sent them off to hunt the boar for the reward
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 believed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 believed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 believed | nsubj |
| 4 | believed | believe | 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 believed | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sent | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 sent | cc |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 sent | advmod |
| 9 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 believed | conj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sent | obj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 sent | compound:prt |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 hunt | mark |
| 13 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 sent | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 boar | det |
| 15 | boar | boar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hunt | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 reward | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 reward | det |
| 18 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hunt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | he | them = they | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | send off | past | he not said here | them = they | still | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 3 | hunt | to-infinitive | he not said here | the boar | for the reward | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent boar=Location for reward=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, he believed them straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 believed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 believed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 believed | nsubj |
| 4 | believed | believe | 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 believed | obj |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 believed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | he | them = they | away property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
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