Test 8 · ★ · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…

Bro, why were the brothers stuck in the stables anyway?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brothers · What happens: be · To what, where: stables

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stuck	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 stuck	advmod
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stuck	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brothers	det
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stuck	nsubj
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Bro	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 stables	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stables	det
10	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stuck	obl
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	7 stuck	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the brothers			the stables		anyway, stuck property	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

They just wanted jobs at court

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	3 wanted	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 wanted	advmod
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 court	case
6	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They	jobs		court			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot job=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They wanted to get jobs with the king's horses and gold

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 get	mark
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 horses	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 horses	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gold	cc
12	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 horses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	jobs				with the king's horses and gold	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus

Option 3

Their father sent them there to work with the king's horses for pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	obj
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 sent	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 work	mark
7	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 horses	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 horses	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 work	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 pay	case
14	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Their father	them = they		there			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	work	to-infinitive	Their father not said here					with the king's horses; for pay	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for pay=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They wanted work with the king's horses

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 horses	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 horses	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They	work				with the king's horses	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot work=Theme

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