Test 2 · ★ · Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field,…

ngl, was selling the corn to the Priest a W or an L for the Moujik?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: sell · To what, where: corn, Priest

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 484 «Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field, a sale, and two candles» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 selling	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 selling	aux
4	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corn	det
6	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 selling	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Priest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Priest	det
9	Priest	Priest	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 selling	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 W	det
11	W	W	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 selling	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 L	cc
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 L	det
14	L	l	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 W	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 Moujik	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Moujik	det
17	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 L	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 selling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past · progressive	ngl	the corn	the Priest			a W or a L for the Moujik obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent corn=Theme to priest=Recipient

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

An L, the Priest cheated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 L	det
2	L	l	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cheated	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 L	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Priest	det
5	Priest	Priest	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cheated	nsubj
6	cheated	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	past	a L						vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An L, the hail wrecked it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 L	det
2	L	l	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrecked	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 L	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hail	det
5	hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrecked	nsubj
6	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wrecked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wreck	past	a L	hail					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

An L, but honestly a W too, because the Priest paid him well before the storm

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 L	det
2	L	l	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 paid	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 paid	cc
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	7 W	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 W	det
7	W	W	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 paid	obl
8	too	too	ADV	_	7 W	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 paid	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 paid	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Priest	det
12	Priest	Priest	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 paid	nsubj
13	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 L	acl:relcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 paid	obj
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 paid	advmod
16	before	before	ADP	_	18 storm	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 storm	det
18	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	the Priest	a W			before the storm	well property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset

Option 4

A W, since he got cash before the hail wrecked the rest of his field

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 W	det
2	W	W	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wrecked	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
4	since	since	SCONJ	_	6 got	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 W	acl:relcl
7	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 hail	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hail	det
10	hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obl
11	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rest	det
13	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wrecked	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 field	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 field	nmod:poss
16	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	W	cash			before the hail		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cash=Stimulus
2	wreck	past	a W	the rest of W's field					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient

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