Test 2 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels…
Bruv, why was Niels sweating when the princess came in?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Niels, princess · What happens: sweat, come in
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sweating | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 sweating | advmod |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sweating | aux |
| 5 | Niels | Niels | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sweating | nsubj |
| 6 | sweating | sweat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 came | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 princess | det |
| 9 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 came | nsubj |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sweating | advcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADV | _ | 10 came | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweating | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweat | past · progressive | Niels | Bruv vocative | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | come in | past | the princess | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He thought she was onto him about the sword
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 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 him | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 him | cop |
| 5 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 sword | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sword | det |
| 9 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | He | about the sword | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about sword=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | past | she | onto him = he | tree rules |
Option 2
He feared the princess had found the sword
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 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | 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 | 6 found | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 found | aux |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 feared | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sword | det |
| 8 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 found | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | He | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | find | past · perfect · passive | the princess | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme sword=Attribute |
Option 3
He had just been caught lying to the king about the stolen gold and sword
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 | 5 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 caught | aux |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 caught | advmod |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 caught | aux:pass |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 caught | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 king | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lying | obl |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 gold | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 gold | det |
| 12 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 gold | amod |
| 13 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lying | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 sword | cc |
| 15 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gold | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · perfect · passive | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | lie | gerund | to the king; about the stolen gold and sword | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about gold=Location | |||||
| 3 | steal | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
He had hidden the slipper and thought the princess had seen him stealing it
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 | 3 hidden | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hidden | aux |
| 3 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 slipper | det |
| 5 | slipper | slipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hidden | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 thought | cc |
| 7 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hidden | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 princess | det |
| 9 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 seen | aux |
| 11 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 thought | ccomp |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 seen | obj |
| 13 | stealing | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 thought | xcomp |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 stealing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past · perfect | He | the slipper | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slipper=Patient | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | He not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see | past · perfect · passive | the princess | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | steal | gerund | He not said here | slipper | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
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