Test 9 · ★ · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…
Is a boar with golden bristles even real, or is it made up?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, make up · To what, where: boar
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 boar | cop |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 boar | det |
| 3 | boar | boar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 real | nsubj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 bristles | case |
| 5 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bristles | amod |
| 6 | bristles | bristle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 boar | nmod |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 real | advmod |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 made | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 made | cc |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 made | aux:pass |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 made | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 real | conj |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 made | compound:prt |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a boar | with golden bristles | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make up | present · passive | boar | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |
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 · ✓ the right answer
It's a made-up one, from the king's list
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 one | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 one | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 up | punct |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 list | punct |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 list | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 list | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 king | case |
| 13 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 one | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | a made one | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | list | the king | nom list «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
It's a made-up one, invented by Sir Red for the king's list
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 one | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 one | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 up | punct |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 invented | punct |
| 9 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 one | acl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 Red | case |
| 11 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Red | nmod:desc |
| 12 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 invented | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 list | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 list | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 king | case |
| 17 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | a made one | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | invent | participle | a made one not said here | by Red Sir; for the king's list | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for list=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | list | the king | nom list «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
It's a made-up one, like a fairy tale from the king's list
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 one | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 one | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 up | punct |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 tale | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 tale | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 tale | det |
| 11 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tale | compound |
| 12 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 one | appos |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 list | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 list | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 king | case |
| 17 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tale | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | a made one | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | list | the king | nom list «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It's real, the king's hunters saw it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 saw | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hunters | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | past | the king's hunters | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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