Test 8 · ★ · Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three gi…
Ngl, what does the sword's writing promise?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl, sword · What happens: do, promise · To what, where: writing promise
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Ngl | Ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 does | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ngl | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 does | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sword | det |
| 6 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 promise | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 sword | case |
| 8 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 promise | compound |
| 9 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Ngl | the sword's writing promise | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | promise | the sword | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer
Happiness for the rider
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 rider | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rider | det |
| 4 | rider | rider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Happiness | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Happiness for whoever rides the horse and wears the sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rides | nsubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 whoever | case |
| 3 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 Happiness | nmod |
| 4 | rides | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 horse | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rides | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wears | cc |
| 8 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rides | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sword | det |
| 10 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wears | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | present | Happiness for whoever | the horse | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wear | present | Happiness for whoever not said here | the sword | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sword=Source |
Option 3
Safety for the warrior
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 warrior | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 warrior | det |
| 4 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Safety | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Glory and great riches for all who fight with it in battle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 all | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 riches | cc |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 riches | amod |
| 4 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Glory | conj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 fight | nsubj |
| 8 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 all | acl:relcl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fight | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 battle | case |
| 12 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fight | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present | battle | with it | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with it=Co-Agent |
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