Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…
Wait, why was the lindorm sitting across the road like a wall?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, lindorm · What happens: wait, be, sit · To what, where: road
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 why | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 why | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lindorm | det |
| 6 | lindorm | lindorm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 why | nsubj |
| 7 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 lindorm | acl |
| 8 | across | across | ADP | _ | 10 road | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 road | det |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sitting | obl |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 wall | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 wall | det |
| 13 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sitting | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the lindorm | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sit | gerund | the lindorm not said here | the road | like a wall | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
It was cursed and forced to block every traveller until a princess was delivered to it
The tree, 16 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 | 3 cursed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cursed | aux:pass |
| 3 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 forced | cc |
| 5 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cursed | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 block | mark |
| 7 | block | block | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 forced | xcomp |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 traveller | det |
| 9 | traveller | traveller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 block | obj |
| 10 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 14 delivered | mark |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 princess | det |
| 12 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 delivered | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 delivered | aux:pass |
| 14 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cursed | advcl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 delivered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | past · passive | It | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | force | participle | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | block | to-infinitive | every traveller | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer traveller=Theme | |||||
| 4 | deliver | past · passive | a princess | traveller | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to it=Destination |
Option 2
It was hungry for the prince
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 hungry | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hungry | cop |
| 3 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 prince | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hungry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | for the prince; hungry property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It wanted a bride for itself before the prince could continue his journey
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 | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bride | det |
| 4 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 itself | case |
| 6 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 wanted | obl |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 continue | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 continue | nsubj |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 continue | aux |
| 11 | continue | continue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | advcl |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 journey | nmod:poss |
| 13 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 continue | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | It | a bride | for itself = it | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bride=Theme | |||
| 2 | continue | could | the prince | prince's journey | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | ||||
| 3 | journey | prince | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It wanted a mate before the prince could pass
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 | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mate | det |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 9 pass | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pass | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 pass | aux |
| 9 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | It | a mate | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pass not said to happen | could | the prince | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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