Test 1 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…

Mate, so the prince's folks just told him to go find a bride somewhere else, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: tell, go, find · To what, where: him, bride · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 folks	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 folks	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 folks	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 prince	case
7	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Mate	conj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 told	advmod
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 go	mark
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp
13	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 go	xcomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bride	det
15	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 find	obj
16	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 find	advmod
17	else	else	ADV	_	16 somewhere	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct
19	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	9 told	discourse
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Mate and the prince's folks		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	Mate and the prince's folks not said here				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	find	infinitive	Mate and the prince's folks not said here	a bride		somewhere property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic

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

Yeah, they told him to head off and find a bride in some other land across the sea

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 head	mark
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj
8	off	off	ADP	_	4 told	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 find	cc
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bride	det
12	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 find	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 land	case
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	16 land	det
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 land	amod
16	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 find	obl
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 sea	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 land	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	past	they		head				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient head=Topic
2	find	infinitive	they not said here	a bride		some other land across the sea			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic

Option 2

Yeah, go wed a princess abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wed	advcl
4	wed	w	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wed	obj
7	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	4 wed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	infinitive							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	w	past		a princess				abroad property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, they just told him to wait at home until someone suitable came to the palace

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 told	advmod
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 wait	mark
8	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 home	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wait	obl
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 came	mark
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 came	nsubj
13	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 someone	amod
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wait	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 palace	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 palace	det
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	they	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here		home	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location
3	come	past	someone		the palace	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, go hunt for a bride in another land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	3 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 bride	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bride	det
7	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 land	case
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 land	det
10	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here	hunt		another land		for a bride	tree rules

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