Test 5 · ★ · Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen…

Lol, the bearers saw a black bloke running at them and did they bolt?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bearers, black bloke · What happens: see, run, bolt · To what, where: black bloke

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1664 «Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen eats magic onions and bears a serpent» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lol	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bearers	det
4	bearers	bearer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 saw	nsubj
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bloke	det
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bloke	amod
8	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	obj
9	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 bloke	acl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 running	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bolt	cc
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 bolt	aux
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bolt	nsubj
15	bolt	bolt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 saw	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	the bearers	a black bloke		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bloke=Stimulus
2	run	gerund	a black bloke not said here		at bearers = bearer	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at they=Trajectory
3	bolt	past · do-support	bearers = bearer			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they legged it and dropped the coffin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 legged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 legged	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 legged	nsubj
4	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 legged	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dropped	cc
7	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 legged	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coffin	det
9	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dropped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leg	past	they	it					tree rules
2	drop	past	they not said here	the coffin					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffin=Theme

Option 2

Nah, they stayed put and dragged the coffin back up the hill, then sat down for a pint

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 put	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux:pass
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dragged	cc
7	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 put	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coffin	det
9	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dragged	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	7 dragged	advmod
11	up	up	ADP	_	13 hill	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hill	det
13	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dragged	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sat	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 sat	advmod
16	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	conj
17	down	down	ADP	_	16 sat	compound:prt
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 pint	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 pint	det
20	pint	pint	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · passive	they			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
2	drag back	participle	the coffin		up the hill	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffin=Theme
3	sit down	past		then	for a pint	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, they legged it all the way back to the pub, screaming, and told everyone they'd seen the devil

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 legged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 legged	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 legged	nsubj
4	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 legged	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 way	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 legged	obl
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 way	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 pub	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pub	det
12	pub	pub	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 back	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 screaming	punct
14	screaming	scream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 legged	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 told	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 told	cc
17	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 legged	parataxis
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 told	obj
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 seen	nsubj
20	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 seen	aux
21	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 told	ccomp
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 devil	det
23	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 seen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leg	past	they	it	all way obl	tree rules
2	scream speech: express	gerund	they not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	past		everyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic
4	see	past · perfect	they	the devil		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer devil=Stimulus

Option 4

Yeah, they scarpered and forgot the box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 scarpered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 scarpered	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scarpered	nsubj
4	scarpered	scarper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 forgot	cc
6	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scarpered	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scarper	past	they						tree rules
2	forget	past	they not said here	the box					tree rules

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