Test 4 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…

no cap, what did Virgilius do to the fire-less Romans?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Virgilius · What happens: do · To what, where: cap

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
6	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cap	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	13 Romans	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Romans	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Romans	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 fire	punct
12	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 Romans	amod
13	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 do	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 cap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Virgilius	no cap				to the fire less Romans	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Made Febilla stand in a smock so folks could relight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stand	aux
2	Febilla	Febilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stand	nsubj
3	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 smock	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 smock	det
6	smock	smock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stand	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 relight	mark
8	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 relight	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 relight	aux
10	relight	relight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stand	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	Febilla			a smock			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in smock=Location
2	relight	could	folks						tree rules

Option 2

Made the emperor's guards bring new wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 emperor	det
3	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guards	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 emperor	case
5	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bring	nsubj
6	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Made	parataxis
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wood	amod
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	bring	present	the emperor's guards	new wood					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wood=Theme

Option 3

Ordered Febilla to walk the streets with coals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ordered	ordered	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 Febilla	aux
2	Febilla	Febilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 walk	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 walk	mark
4	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 streets	det
6	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walk	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 coals	case
8	coals	coal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	to-infinitive	Febilla	the streets				with coals	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme street=Trajectory

Option 4

Lit the fires himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lit	lit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fires	det
3	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lit	obj
4	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Lit	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit	imperative	you not said here	the fires				himself = he obl:unmarked	tree rules

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