Test 6 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…

so the spell froze the enemies mid-climb, right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spell · What happens: freeze · To what, where: enemies mid-climb

This is test 6 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 froze	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 spell	det
3	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 froze	nsubj
4	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mid-climb	det
6	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mid-climb	compound
7	mid-climb	mid-climb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 froze	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 froze	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	4 froze	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 froze	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	past	the spell	the enemies mid-climb					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient mid-climb=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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, some were halfway up the ladders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 ladders	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 ladders	det
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ladders	cop
5	halfway	halfway	ADV	_	8 ladders	advmod
6	up	up	ADP	_	8 ladders	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ladders	det
8	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						up some ladders; halfway property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, some were halfway up the ladders while others were still marching toward the river bank

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 ladders	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 ladders	det
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ladders	cop
5	halfway	halfway	ADV	_	8 ladders	advmod
6	up	up	ADP	_	8 ladders	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ladders	det
8	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 marching	mark
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 marching	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 marching	aux
12	still	still	ADV	_	13 marching	advmod
13	marching	march	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 ladders	acl
14	toward	toward	ADP	_	17 bank	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bank	det
16	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bank	compound
17	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 marching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						up some ladders; halfway property	tree rules
2	march	past · progressive	others	some ladders not said here		the river bank	still		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ladder=Theme toward bank=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, the spell only froze the officers at the front of the column who were riding horses

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 froze	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spell	det
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 froze	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 froze	advmod
6	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 officers	det
8	officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 froze	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 front	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 front	det
11	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 froze	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 column	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 column	det
14	column	column	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 front	nmod
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 riding	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 riding	aux
17	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 column	acl:relcl
18	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 riding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	past	the spell	the officers		the front of the column			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient officer=Result
2	ride	past · progressive	the column	horses					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 4

Nope, they were trapped at the gates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 trapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trapped	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 trapped	aux:pass
5	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 gates	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gates	det
8	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	past · passive		they		the gates			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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