Test 2 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

Wait, how did she even know it was him in the middle of aw they knights?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, she, it, they · What happens: wait, know, be, knight · To what, where: him, middle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 know	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 know	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 know	aux
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 know	nsubj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 know	advmod
7	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 him	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 him	cop
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 know	ccomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 middle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 middle	det
13	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 knights	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 aw	case
15	aw	aw	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 middle	nmod
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 knights	nsubj
17	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 him	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know	past · do-support	she			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past	it	him = he		tree rules
4	knight		they		the middle of aw	tree rules

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

He had a gloved right hand and a bare left one

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hand	det
4	gloved	glove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hand	amod
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hand	amod
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bare	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bare	det
9	bare	bare	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	conj
10	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 bare	acl
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	past	He	a gloved right hand and a bare	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	glove	participle			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	leave	participle	a bare not said here	one	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Option 2

He had a black helm and a silver shield

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 helm	det
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 helm	amod
5	helm	helm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shield	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shield	det
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shield	compound
9	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	a black helm and a silver shield					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helm=Patient

Option 3

He wore a gold ring on his left hand

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 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ring	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ring	compound
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 hand	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
8	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hand	amod
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	He	a gold ring		his left hand			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ring=Theme

Option 4

His red cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cloak	nmod:poss
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cloak	amod
3	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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