Test 2 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magi…

bruh, how does Tiidu even stay up in the water?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: stay up · To what, where: water

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 679 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples and a hope of rescue» 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	7 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 does	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stay	aux
5	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 stay	advmod
7	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 stay	compound:prt
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stay	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay up	present · do-support				the water			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location

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

He grabs a floating oar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grabs	nsubj
2	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 oar	det
4	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 oar	amod
5	oar	oar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	present	He	a floating oar					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme
2	float	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He grabs a big floating oar that some sailor had dropped in the water earlier

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grabs	nsubj
2	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 oar	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 oar	amod
5	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 oar	amod
6	oar	oar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabs	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 dropped	obj
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 sailor	det
9	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dropped	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 dropped	aux
11	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 oar	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 water	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 water	det
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dropped	obl
15	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 grabs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grab	present	He	a big floating oar		early property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme
2	float	gerund					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	drop	past · perfect	some sailor	a big floating oar	the water		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent that=Theme in water=Destination

Option 3

He holds a wooden plank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plank	det
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plank	amod
5	plank	plank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	He	a wooden plank					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plank=Theme

Option 4

A passing dolphin lifts him up while he rests on its back in the waves

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	3 dolphin	det
2	passing	passing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dolphin	compound
3	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lifts	nsubj
4	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lifts	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 lifts	compound:prt
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 rests	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rests	nsubj
9	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lifts	advcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 back	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 back	nmod:poss
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rests	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 waves	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 waves	det
15	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rests	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift up	present	a passing dolphin	him = he					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	rest	present	dolphin			its back		in the waves	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on back=Location

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