Test 7 · ★ · Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans…
Did Hans get gutted he couldn't lift it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: gut, not lift · To what, where: Hans, it
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1787 «Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Hans | aux |
| 2 | Hans | han | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gutted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 gutted | aux:pass |
| 4 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lift | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 lift | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 lift | advmod |
| 8 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 gutted | ccomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lift | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 gutted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | infinitive · passive | Hans | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not lift | could | he | it | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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
Nope, the master gave him a bun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 master | det |
| 4 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | iobj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bun | det |
| 8 | bun | bun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the master | a bun | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bun=Theme |
Option 2
Nah, he laughed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 laughed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 laughed | nsubj |
| 4 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | he | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, but the master laughed at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 laughed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 laughed | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 laughed | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 master | det |
| 5 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 laughed | nsubj |
| 6 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 laughed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | the master | at him = he | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yeah, the master just chuckled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 master | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 master | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 master | det |
| 4 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 chuckled | advmod |
| 6 | chuckled | chuckle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 master | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuckle | participle | the master not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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