Test 13 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Ni…

bro who kept the whole castle guarded anyway?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: keep, guard · To what, where: whole castle

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 709 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Niels shoots at three giants and is caught» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	vocative
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 castle	amod
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obj
7	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 castle	acl
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	7 guarded	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past		the whole castle				bro vocative	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme
2	guard	participle		the whole castle not said here				anyway property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

a little black dog that barked at every sound in the courtyard and the hall

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	4 dog	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dog	amod
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dog	amod
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 barked	nsubj
6	barked	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dog	acl:relcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 sound	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 sound	det
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barked	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 courtyard	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 courtyard	det
12	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barked	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hall	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hall	det
15	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 courtyard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	past	a little black dog					in the courtyard and the hall; at every sound	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at sound=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a little black dog that stayed up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dog	amod
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dog	amod
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 stayed	nsubj
6	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dog	acl:relcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 stayed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay up	past	a little black dog						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

a tall guard who watched the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 guard	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 guard	amod
3	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 watched	nsubj
5	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 guard	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	a tall guard	the gate					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

a ring of sleepy soldiers who stood guard along the high castle walls all night

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 ring	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 soldiers	case
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 soldiers	amod
5	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ring	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 stood	nsubj
7	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 soldiers	acl:relcl
8	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stood	obj
9	along	along	ADP	_	13 walls	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 walls	det
11	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 walls	amod
12	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 walls	compound
13	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stood	obl
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 night	det
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stood	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	sleepy soldiers	guard		the high castle walls	night		vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guard=Theme along wall=Destination

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