Test 10 · ★ · Old English Tales, Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale: Robin Hood…

The old dude left how, was he chill?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old dude · What happens: leave, be · To what, where: old dude

This is test 10 · ★ 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dude	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dude	amod
3	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chill	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dude	acl
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 left	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dude	punct
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 chill	cop
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 chill	nsubj
9	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle		the old dude not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the old dude					chill property	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

In a foul mood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 mood	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mood	det
3	foul	foul	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mood	compound
4	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In a great rage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 rage	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rage	det
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rage	amod
4	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

Stamping down the aisle with his fists clenched tight and face red

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stamping	stamp	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 clenched	csubj
2	down	down	ADP	_	4 aisle	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 aisle	det
4	aisle	aisle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stamping	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 fists	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fists	nmod:poss
7	fists	fist	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stamping	obl
8	clenched	clench	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 clenched	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 face	cc
11	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 clenched	conj
12	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 face	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stamp	gerund		down the aisle; with his fists	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fist=Theme
2	clench	past	Stamping	tight property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	face	present	Stamping not said here	red property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Storming out of the church with his servants trailing behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Storming	storm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	5 church	case
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 church	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 church	det
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Storming	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 servants	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 servants	nmod:poss
8	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Storming	obl
9	trailing	trail	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 servants	acl
10	behind	behind	ADV	_	9 trailing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	storm out	gerund		the church				with his servants	tree rules
2	trail behind	gerund	his servants not said here					behind property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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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