Test 12 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the A…

what did the North Wind's sons do in a calm, ngl?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sons · What happens: do · To what, where: calm ngl

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2079 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the Argo gets a talking figure-head and the heroes gather» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Wind	det
4	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Wind	compound
5	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sons	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Wind	case
7	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 ngl	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ngl	det
11	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ngl	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 calm	punct
13	ngl	ngl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the North Wind's sons			a calm ngl			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

raise a gale and drive the ship onward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gale	det
3	gale	gale	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 raise	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 drive	cc
5	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 raise	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ship	det
7	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drive	obj
8	onward	onward	ADV	_	5 drive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	imperative	you not said here	a gale					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gale=Theme
2	drive	infinitive	you not said here	the ship				onward property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme ship=Trajectory

Option 2

raise a strong wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wind	det
3	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wind	amod
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 raise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	imperative	you not said here	a strong wind					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme

Option 3

puff out their cheeks and blow hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	puff	puff	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 puff	compound:prt
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cheeks	nmod:poss
4	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 puff	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 blow	cc
6	blow	blow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 puff	conj
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 blow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	puff out	imperative	you not said here	their cheeks					vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cheek=Source
2	blow	infinitive	you not said here					hard property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

puff out their cheeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	puff	puff	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 puff	compound:prt
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cheeks	nmod:poss
4	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 puff	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	puff out	imperative	you not said here	their cheeks					vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cheek=Source

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