Test 1 · ★ · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…

yo did u see the bit where Elsa turns into an eagle

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: yo, Elsa · What happens: see, turn · To what, where: bit

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1753 «Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4: Elsa is shot down and wins a prince, then a boy's lying contest begins» 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	yo	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 turns	advmod
8	Elsa	Elsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 turns	nsubj
9	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	acl:relcl
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 eagle	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 eagle	det
12	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	yo	the bit					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus
2	turn	present	Elsa					into a eagle result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into eagle=Result

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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the old man tapped her three times with a silver staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 tapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tapped	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tapped	nsubj
6	tapped	tap	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 tapped	obj
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tapped	obl:unmarked
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 staff	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 staff	det
12	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 staff	compound
13	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tap	past	the old man	her = she			time	with a silver staff	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with staff=Instrument

Option 2

yeah, the old man tapped her three times with a silver staff and then she flew off into the dark sky

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 tapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tapped	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tapped	nsubj
6	tapped	tap	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 tapped	obj
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tapped	obl:unmarked
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 staff	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 staff	det
12	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 staff	compound
13	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tapped	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 flew	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 flew	advmod
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 flew	nsubj
17	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tapped	conj
18	off	off	ADP	_	17 flew	compound:prt
19	into	into	ADP	_	22 sky	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 sky	det
21	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 sky	amod
22	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tap	past	the old man	her = she			time	with a silver staff	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with staff=Instrument
2	fly off	past	she				then	into the dark sky result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into sky=Result

Option 3

yeah, the old man waved a silver staff over her head three times while the whole court watched in silence

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 waved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waved	nsubj
6	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 staff	det
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 staff	compound
9	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waved	obj
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 head	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waved	obl
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 times	nummod
14	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 waved	obl:unmarked
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 court	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 court	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 court	amod
18	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waved	parataxis
19	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 court	acl
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 silence	case
21	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	the old man	a silver staff		her head	time		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Patient
2	watch	participle		the whole court not said here		silence			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location

Option 4

yeah, the old man kissed her three times on the lake shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 kissed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 kissed	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kissed	nsubj
6	kissed	kiss	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 kissed	obj
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kissed	obl:unmarked
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 shore	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shore	det
12	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shore	compound
13	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kissed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	the old man	her = she		the lake shore	time		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent

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