Test 5 · ★ · Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus t…

Why did Big Klaus reckon the sack got lighter, for real?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Big, sack · What happens: reckon, get

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold ring in a barrel» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 reckon	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Big	aux
3	Big	Big	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reckon	nsubj
4	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Big	flat
5	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 real	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sack	det
7	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reckon	ccomp
9	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 got	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 real	punct
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 real	case
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 real	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Big						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	get	past	the sack					light property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

He felt the holy water working

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
4	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
6	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 water	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He	the holy water					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	work	gerund	the holy water not said here						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He thought the service had done it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 service	det
4	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 done	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 done	aux
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 done	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	do	past · perfect	the service	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He thought the church service had made the sack lighter by some magic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 service	det
4	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 service	compound
5	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thought	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sack	det
9	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obj
10	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 made	xcomp
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 magic	case
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 magic	det
13	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	make	past · perfect · passive	some magic	the church service				light property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset subject=Beneficiary sack=Product

Option 4

He thought the bell had lifted it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bell	det
4	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lifted	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lifted	aux
6	lifted	lift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thought	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lifted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lift	past · perfect · passive		the bell					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination

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