Test 4 · ★ · Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then s…
fr, what was the deal with that dead sailor and his thumb?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fr · What happens: be · To what, where: deal
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 964 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then sails out and sees a Spanish city» 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 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 deal | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 deal | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 deal | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 deal | det |
| 6 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 fr | appos |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 sailor | case |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 sailor | det |
| 9 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sailor | amod |
| 10 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 deal | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 thumb | cc |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 thumb | nmod:poss |
| 13 | thumb | thumb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sailor | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 fr | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | fr | the deal | with that dead sailor and his thumb | tree rules |
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
the peasants dug him up, found his thumb in his mouth, and the oxen dragged him to the sea, far away
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 peasants | det |
| 2 | peasants | peasant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dug | nsubj |
| 3 | dug | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dug | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 dug | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dug | conj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 thumb | nmod:poss |
| 9 | thumb | thumb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 mouth | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 12 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 dragged | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 dragged | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 oxen | det |
| 16 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 dragged | nsubj |
| 17 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dug | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 dragged | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 sea | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 sea | det |
| 21 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 dragged | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 far | punct |
| 23 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 24 away | advmod |
| 24 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 dug | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig up | past | the peasants | him = he | away property | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | |||
| 2 | find | past | the peasants not said here | his thumb | his mouth | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thumb=Topic | |||
| 3 | drag | past | the oxen | him = he | the sea | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to sea=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
the peasants dug him up, found his thumb in his mouth, and the oxen dragged him to the sea
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 peasants | det |
| 2 | peasants | peasant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dug | nsubj |
| 3 | dug | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dug | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 dug | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dug | conj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 thumb | nmod:poss |
| 9 | thumb | thumb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 mouth | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 12 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 dragged | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 dragged | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 oxen | det |
| 16 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 dragged | nsubj |
| 17 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dug | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 dragged | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 sea | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 sea | det |
| 21 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 dragged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig up | past | the peasants | him = he | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | find | past | the peasants not said here | his thumb | his mouth | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thumb=Topic | |||
| 3 | drag | past | the oxen | him = he | the sea | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to sea=Destination |
Option 3
the priest blessed him, and the oxen carried him to the church
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 priest | det |
| 2 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blessed | nsubj |
| 3 | blessed | bless | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 blessed | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 carried | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 carried | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 oxen | det |
| 8 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 carried | nsubj |
| 9 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 blessed | conj |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 carried | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 church | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 church | det |
| 13 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bless | past | the priest | him = he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | past | the oxen | priest | the church | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to church=Destination |
Option 4
the peasants dug him up at night, found his thumb in his mouth, and the oxen dragged him back to the sea over the heath
The tree, 25 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 peasants | det |
| 2 | peasants | peasant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dug | nsubj |
| 3 | dug | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dug | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 dug | compound:prt |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dug | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 found | punct |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dug | conj |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 thumb | nmod:poss |
| 11 | thumb | thumb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 found | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 mouth | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 14 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 found | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 dragged | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 dragged | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 oxen | det |
| 18 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 dragged | nsubj |
| 19 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dug | conj |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 dragged | obj |
| 21 | back | back | ADV | _ | 19 dragged | advmod |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 sea | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 sea | det |
| 24 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 dragged | obl |
| 25 | over | over | ADP | _ | 27 heath | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 heath | det |
| 27 | heath | heath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 dragged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig up | past | the peasants | him = he | night | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | |||
| 2 | find | past | the peasants not said here | his thumb | his mouth | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thumb=Topic | |||
| 3 | drag back | past | the oxen | him = he | the heath | to the sea | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to sea=Destination |
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