Test 4 · ★ · Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod…

Wait, what was the clew, like a sweet or summat?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: clew

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1746 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King» 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	_	6 clew	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 clew	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 clew	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 clew	det
6	clew	clew	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sweet	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 sweet	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sweet	det
10	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	parataxis
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 summat	cc
12	summat	summat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sweet	conj
13	?	?	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 a	past		the clew					tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

A piece of rope that held her boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 piece	det
2	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 held	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 rope	case
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 piece	nmod
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 held	nsubj
6	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 boat	nmod:poss
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 held	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	a piece of rope	piece's boat					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

Option 2

A magic ball of thread that she had to bite and then it led her on

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ball	det
2	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ball	amod
3	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 thread	case
5	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ball	nmod
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 had	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 bite	mark
10	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 had	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 led	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 led	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 led	nsubj
14	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 had	conj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 led	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	14 led	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	have	past	a magic ball of thread			tree rules
2	bite	to-infinitive	a magic ball of thread not said here			vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	lead on	past	ball	her = she	then	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

A small ball of golden thread that led her on through the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ball	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ball	amod
3	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 led	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 thread	case
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thread	amod
6	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ball	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 led	nsubj
8	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 led	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	8 led	compound:prt
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 dark	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dark	det
13	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead on	past	a small ball of golden thread	her = she		the dark			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme through dark=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A ball of thread that led her on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ball	det
2	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 led	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 thread	case
4	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ball	nmod
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 led	nsubj
6	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 led	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	6 led	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead on	past	a ball of thread	her = she					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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