Test 7 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…

bro, how did the magician even get involved?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: get

This is test 7 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 magician	det
6	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 bro	conj
9	involved	involved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support						involved property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

He arrived at court with a long list of demands and a small army of loyal followers from Spain

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 arrived	nsubj
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 court	case
4	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrived	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 list	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 list	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 list	amod
8	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrived	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 demands	case
10	demands	demand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 list	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 army	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 army	det
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 army	amod
14	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 list	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 followers	case
16	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 followers	amod
17	followers	follower	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 army	nmod
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 Spain	case
19	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 followers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	He			court		with a long list of demands and a small army of loyal followers from Spain	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	list			demands					nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He offered to sell his services to the emperor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 sell	mark
4	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 offered	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 services	nmod:poss
6	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sell	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 emperor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 emperor	det
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	offer	past	He			tree rules
2	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his services	the emperor	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent service=Theme to emperor=Recipient
3	service		his = he			nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He had been summoned from Toledo by the emperor after the rumours of Virgilius's spells spread across the whole empire

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 summoned	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 summoned	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 summoned	aux:pass
4	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Toledo	case
6	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 summoned	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 emperor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 emperor	det
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summoned	obl
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 spread	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rumours	det
12	rumours	rumour	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 spread	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 spells	case
14	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 spells	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Virgilius	case
16	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 spread	obl
17	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 summoned	advcl
18	across	across	ADP	_	21 empire	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 empire	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 empire	amod
21	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	summon	past · perfect · passive	the emperor	He	Toledo		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	spread	past	the rumours		the whole empire	of Virgilius's spells	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across empire=Destination
3	spell		Virgilius				nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He sought revenge on Virgilius's family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sought	nsubj
2	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sought	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 family	case
5	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 family	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Virgilius	case
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	past	He	revenge		Virgilius's family			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on family=Location

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