Test 4 · ★ · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…
So Esben wasn't even invited on the ride, was he?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not invite, be · To what, where: Esben, ride, he
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 invited | advmod |
| 2 | Esben | Esben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 invited | aux:pass |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 invited | advmod |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 invited | advmod |
| 6 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 ride | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ride | det |
| 9 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 invited | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 invited | punct |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 he | cop |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 invited | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 invited | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not invite | past · passive | Esben | the ride | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | 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
Nah, he just tagged along behind them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 tagged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tagged | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 tagged | advmod |
| 5 | tagged | tag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | along | along | ADV | _ | 5 tagged | advmod |
| 7 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tagged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tag along | past | he | behind them = they; along property | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he just tagged along
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 tagged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tagged | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 tagged | advmod |
| 5 | tagged | tag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | along | along | ADV | _ | 5 tagged | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tag along | past | he | along property | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yeah, he got invited
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 invited | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 invited | aux:pass |
| 5 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | past · passive | he | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
Option 4
Nah, he just tagged along for the ride
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 tagged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tagged | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 tagged | advmod |
| 5 | tagged | tag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | along | along | ADV | _ | 5 tagged | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ride | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ride | det |
| 9 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tagged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tag along | past | he | for the ride; along property | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
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