Test 5 · ★ · Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's ey…

Did the eldest bro just sit at home, bruh?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, sit · To what, where: eldest bro, home

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bro	det
3	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 bro	amod
4	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 sit	advmod
6	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	parataxis
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 home	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sit	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bruh	punct
10	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	6 sit	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the eldest bro					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Eventuality
2	sit	present				home			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location

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

Yeah, he went to the south to find gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 south	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 south	det
7	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 find	mark
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 went	advcl
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he			the south			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to south=Initial_Location
2	find	to-infinitive	he not said here	gold					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic

Option 2

Nah, he took the boat east to see the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boat	det
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obj
7	east	east	ADV	_	4 took	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 took	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	he	the boat				east property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	he not said here	the sea					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus

Option 3

Nah, he rode off to the east instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 rode	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 rode	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 east	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 east	det
8	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
9	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 rode	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride off	past	he			the east		instead property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to east=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he rode off to the north to see the world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 rode	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 rode	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 north	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 north	det
8	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 see	mark
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rode	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 world	det
12	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride off	past	he			the north			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to north=Trajectory
2	see	to-infinitive	he not said here	the world					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus

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