Test 7 · ★ · Danish Tales, Jurgen, part 176: Jurgen returns home to a d…
Why'd Jurgen wanna bounce from the dunes?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 965 «Danish Tales, Jurgen, part 176: Jurgen returns home to a dead foster-mother, quarrels with Martin, and leaves for the north» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 bounce | aux |
| 3 | Jurgen | Jurgen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 bounce | compound |
| 4 | wanna | wanna | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 bounce | compound |
| 5 | bounce | bounce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 dunes | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dunes | det |
| 8 | dunes | dune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bounce | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
His foster-father had died and he couldn't stand the empty house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 father | nmod:poss |
| 2 | foster | foster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 father | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 foster | punct |
| 4 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 died | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 died | aux |
| 6 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 stand | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 stand | nsubj |
| 9 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 stand | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 stand | advmod |
| 11 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 died | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 house | det |
| 13 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 house | amod |
| 14 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stand | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past · perfect | His foster father | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | not stand | could | father | the empty house | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He wanted to see the world
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 see | mark |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 world | det |
| 6 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the world | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus |
Option 3
He was bored with fishing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 bored | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 bored | cop |
| 3 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 fishing | case |
| 5 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | with fishing; bored property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He had fallen out with Martin and wanted to escape the village
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fallen | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fallen | aux |
| 3 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 fallen | compound:prt |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 Martin | case |
| 6 | Martin | Martin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fallen | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wanted | cc |
| 8 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fallen | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 escape | mark |
| 10 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 wanted | xcomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 village | det |
| 12 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 escape | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall out | past · perfect | He | with Martin | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | want | past | He not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | escape not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the village | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme village=Initial_Location |
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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