Test 10 · ★ · Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three gi…

Bruv, what is the twig supposed to do when thrown?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, suppose, do, throw · To what, where: twig

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 715 «Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three giantesses, then finds the horse Gullfaxi and the sword Gunnfjoder» 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 twig	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 twig	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 twig	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 twig	det
6	twig	twig	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 twig	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 supposed	xcomp
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 thrown	advmod
11	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 do	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 twig	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the twig	Bruv vocative	tree rules
2	suppose	participle	the twig not said here		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	do	to-infinitive			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	throw	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Make a river appear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 river	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
4	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	a river					tree rules
2	appear	present	a river not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Make a thick dark forest appear behind the rider

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forest	compound
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 forest	det
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 forest	amod
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 forest	amod
5	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 appear	nsubj
6	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 rider	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rider	det
9	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 appear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	infinitive							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	appear	present	a Make thick dark forest			the rider			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind rider=Location

Option 3

Make a whole wood of tall trees spring up at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wood	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wood	amod
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 trees	case
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trees	amod
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spring	nsubj
8	spring	spring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wood	acl:relcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 spring	compound:prt
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	a whole wood					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wood=Product
2	spring up	present	tall trees	a whole wood not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wood=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Make a forest appear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 forest	det
3	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
4	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	a forest					tree rules
2	appear	present	a forest not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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