Test 8 · ★ · Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and trave…

wait, what's a burgomaster, anyway?

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

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 967 «Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and travels to Skjagen» 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	_	6 burgomaster	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 burgomaster	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 burgomaster	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 burgomaster	det
6	burgomaster	burgomaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 anyway	punct
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 wait	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					anyway property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		a burgomaster					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

A kind of old town clerk, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 clerk	case
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clerk	amod
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clerk	compound
6	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The bloke who runs the church and the harbour and the market and the jail, bruh

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bloke	det
2	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 runs	nsubj
4	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bloke	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 church	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 runs	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 harbour	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 harbour	det
9	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 church	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 market	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 market	det
12	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 church	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 jail	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 jail	det
15	jail	jail	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 market	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 bloke	punct
17	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	2 bloke	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	the bloke	the church and the harbour and the market and the jail					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme church=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The mayor of the town, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mayor	det
2	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 town	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 town	det
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mayor	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mayor	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The mayor of the town, who decides who gets the money and who gets sent away, mate

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mayor	det
2	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 decides	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 town	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 town	det
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mayor	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 decides	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 decides	nsubj
8	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 gets	nsubj
10	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 decides	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 money	det
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gets	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sent	cc
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 sent	nsubj
15	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 sent	aux:pass
16	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 gets	conj
17	away	away	ADV	_	16 sent	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 mate	punct
19	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 decides	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decide	present	the mayor of the town		mate vocative	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present		the money		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus
3	send away	present · passive			away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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