Test 8 · ★ · Stories of Old England, King Canute on the Seashore: Canut…
What did he chuck down on the sand?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: chuck down · To what, where: sand
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 342 «Stories of Old England, King Canute on the Seashore: Canute orders the sea to stop and gets soaked» 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 | 4 chuck | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuck | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chuck | nsubj |
| 4 | chuck | chuck | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 chuck | compound:prt |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 sand | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sand | det |
| 8 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chuck | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 chuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck down | past · do-support | he | the sand | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent what=Theme on sand=Destination |
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
His crown
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 | 2 crown | nmod:poss |
| 2 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crown | His = he | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
His royal crown and his sceptre from his chair
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 crown | nmod:poss |
| 2 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crown | amod |
| 3 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sceptre | cc |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sceptre | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sceptre | sceptre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 crown | conj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 chair | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 chair | nmod:poss |
| 9 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sceptre | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crown | His = he | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
His sword
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 | 2 sword | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
His golden crown, which he had worn all day
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 crown | nmod:poss |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crown | amod |
| 3 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 worn | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 worn | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 worn | aux |
| 8 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worn | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past · perfect · passive | His golden crown | day | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | crown | His = he | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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