Test 3 · ★ · Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest,…

Wait, the frog let him out, right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, frog · What happens: wait, let out · To what, where: him

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 892 «Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest, and at sunrise Helga turns back into a girl» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 frog	det
4	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 let	nsubj
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	parataxis
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 let	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	let out	infinitive	the frog	him = he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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

Nah, a dog chewed the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 chewed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chewed	nsubj
5	chewed	chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chewed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	past	a dog	the door					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 2

Nah, he broke out by himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 broke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 broke	nsubj
4	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 broke	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 himself	case
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break out	past	he					by himself = he	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the Viking let him go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Viking	det
4	Viking	Viking	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 let	nsubj
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	the Viking	him = he					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she cut his ropes and lifted the bar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 cut	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cut	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cut	nsubj
4	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ropes	nmod:poss
6	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cut	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lifted	cc
8	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bar	det
10	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lifted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	she	his ropes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Product
2	lift	past	she not said here	the bar					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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