Test 1 · ★ · Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood…

Yo, so where was Robin posted up when he spotted the red-coat dude?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: post up, spot · To what, where: coat dude

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 344 «Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood helps a sad young man win back his bride from a rich old suitor» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	7 posted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 posted	advmod
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 posted	advmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 posted	aux:pass
6	Robin	Robin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 posted	compound
7	posted	post	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 posted	compound:prt
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 spotted	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 spotted	nsubj
11	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 posted	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dude	det
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 coat	amod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 red	punct
15	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dude	compound
16	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spotted	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 posted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post up	past · passive							vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»
2	spot	past	he	the coat dude					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent dude=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 · ← Mova's choice

Behind a stone wall by the bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behind	behind	ADP	_	4 wall	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wall	det
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wall	compound
4	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 bridge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bridge	det
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wall	nmod

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

Option 2

Sitting on a log beside a stream under the bright evening sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 log	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 log	det
4	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 stream	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stream	det
7	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl
8	under	under	ADP	_	12 sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sun	det
10	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sun	amod
11	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sun	compound
12	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				a log		beside a stream; under the bright evening sun	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on log=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Under a green tree by the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	4 tree	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tree	amod
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	nmod

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

Option 4

Hiding behind a large oak tree deep in the forest by the old mill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 tree	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tree	amod
5	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tree	compound
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hiding	obl
7	deep	deep	ADV	_	10 forest	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 forest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 forest	det
10	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hiding	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 mill	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mill	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mill	amod
14	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				a large oak tree		in the forest; by the old mill	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind tree=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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