Test 10 · The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings

oi how did vikings get all the way to constantinople, there's no sea from sweden?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: oi, sea · What happens: get, be · To what, where: way, sweden

This is test 10 of lesson 20 «The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings» of the history 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	oi	oi	X	Foreign=Yes	5 get	nsubj
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
4	vikings	viking	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 way	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl:unmarked
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 constantinople	case
10	constantinople	constantinople	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 's	punct
12	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 's	expl
13	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	conj
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 's	nsubj
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 sweden	case
17	sweden	sweden	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 's	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	oi	all way				to constantinople result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to constantinople=Result
2	be	present	no sea			sweden; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

They flew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	They						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They travelled down the rivers of eastern Europe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 travelled	nsubj
2	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 travelled	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rivers	det
5	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 travelled	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Europe	case
7	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Europe	amod
8	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rivers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel down	past	They	the rivers of eastern Europe					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme river=Trajectory

Option 3

They walked over the Alps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 Alps	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Alps	det
5	Alps	Alp	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	They			the Alps			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over alp=Trajectory

Option 4

They sailed all the way round Africa to get there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sailed	nsubj
2	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 way	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sailed	obj
6	round	round	ADP	_	7 Africa	case
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sailed	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sailed	advcl
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	past	They	all way		Africa			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent way=Theme round africa=Trajectory
2	get	to-infinitive	They not said here			there			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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