Test 4 · ★ · Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla…

Fr, what did the crew think about Tiidu after that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fr, crew · What happens: do, think

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 678 «Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla and becomes a scullion» 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	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crew	det
6	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 think	nsubj
7	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 Tiidu	case
9	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 think	obl
10	after	after	ADP	_	11 that	case
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 think	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Fr						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	present	the crew				after that	about Tiidu	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about tiidu=Topic

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

They saw him as legit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 legit	case
5	legit	legit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	They	him = he				as legit	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus as legit=Attribute

Option 2

They thought he was cool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cool	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cool	cop
5	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he					cool property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They thought he was legit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 legit	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 legit	cop
5	legit	legit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he					legit property	tree rules

Option 4

They respected him a lot after his crazy swim, like legit tough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 respected	nsubj
2	respected	respect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 respected	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respected	obl:unmarked
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 swim	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 swim	nmod:poss
8	crazy	crazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 swim	amod
9	swim	swim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respected	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tough	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 tough	case
12	legit	legit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tough	amod
13	tough	tough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 respected	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respect	past	They	him = he			after his crazy swim	a lot obl:unmarked	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	swim		his = he						nom swim «act transitive»: poss=agent

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