Test 1 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels…
Okay so Niels thought he was totally safe til Rasmus opened his big mouth, right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Niels, Rasmus · What happens: think, be, open · To what, where: big mouth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 711 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels is caught and wed, then Paul gathers three strong friends and finds a dragon's captive» 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 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 thought | advmod |
| 3 | Niels | Niels | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 safe | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 safe | cop |
| 7 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 8 safe | advmod |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 9 | til | till | ADP | _ | 11 opened | mark |
| 10 | Rasmus | Rasmus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 opened | nsubj |
| 11 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 safe | advcl |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 13 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 mouth | amod |
| 14 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 opened | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 opened | punct |
| 16 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Niels | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Niels | safe, totally property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | open | past | Rasmus | Rasmus's big mouth | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme |
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
Rasmus dropped him in it about the sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rasmus | Rasmus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 dropped | nsubj |
| 2 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 dropped | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 dropped | obl |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 sword | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sword | det |
| 8 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dropped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | past | Rasmus | him = he | it | about the sword | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in it=Destination about sword=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Rasmus blamed the steward for losing the sword and then ran off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rasmus | Rasmus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 blamed | nsubj |
| 2 | blamed | blame | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 steward | det |
| 4 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 blamed | obj |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 losing | mark |
| 6 | losing | lose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 blamed | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sword | det |
| 8 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 losing | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ran | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 ran | advmod |
| 11 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 blamed | conj |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 ran | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | past | Rasmus | the steward | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steward=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | gerund | Rasmus not said here | the sword | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | run off | past | Rasmus not said here | then | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Rasmus hid the sword in his coat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rasmus | Rasmus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sword | det |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 coat | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 coat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | Rasmus | the sword | Rasmus's coat | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sword=Patient in coat=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Rasmus told the princess he had seen Niels steal her sword from the hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rasmus | Rasmus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 steal | nsubj |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 seen | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 seen | aux |
| 7 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 princess | acl:relcl |
| 8 | Niels | Niels | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 seen | obj |
| 9 | steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 told | ccomp |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 sword | nmod:poss |
| 11 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 steal | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 hall | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hall | det |
| 14 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 told | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | Rasmus | the hall | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | see | past · perfect | Rasmus | Niels | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer niels=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | steal | present | the princess | princess's sword | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme |
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