Test 3 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

Bro, why did Sigurd turn round before hitting the stone?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sigurd · What happens: turn round, hit · To what, where: stone

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» 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	6 turn	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 turn	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 turn	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 turn	aux
5	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 turn	nsubj
6	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	round	round	ADV	_	6 turn	advmod
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 hitting	mark
9	hitting	hit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 turn	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stone	det
11	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hitting	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn round	past · do-support	Sigurd					Bro vocative; round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	hit	gerund	Sigurd not said here	the stone					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stone=Co-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

Cos he wanted to hit the rock harder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hit	mark
5	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rock	det
7	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	obj
8	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 hit	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Cos						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hit not said to happen	to-infinitive	Cos not said here	the rock				hard property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rock=Co-Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the giant had shouted something at him that made him turn and look back

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 giant	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
3	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouted	obl
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shouted	aux
5	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 shouted	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 something	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 something	acl:relcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	obj
12	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 made	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 look	cc
14	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 turn	conj
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past · perfect		something	cos the giant; at giant	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic
2	make	past		giant		tree rules
3	turn	infinitive	giant not said here			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	look back	infinitive	giant not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cos the hail would've smashed his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	6 smashed	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hail	det
3	hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smashed	nsubj:pass
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 smashed	aux
5	've	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 smashed	aux
6	smashed	smash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smashed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	would · perfect · passive		the hail					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination face=Theme

Option 4

Cos he wanted to see whether the giant was still chasing him over the hills

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	11 chasing	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chasing	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 chasing	aux
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 chasing	advmod
11	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 see	ccomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 chasing	obj
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 hills	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hills	det
15	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 chasing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	want	past	Cos				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	Cos not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	chase	past · progressive	the giant	Cos	the hills	still	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme over hill=Trajectory

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