Test 1 · ★ · Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages
An archaeologist digs up a real Viking helmet. What will it most likely look like?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: archaeologist · What happens: dig up, look · To what, where: real Viking helmet
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 18 «Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages» of the myths 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
Sentence 1: An archaeologist digs up a real Viking helmet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 archaeologist | det |
| 2 | archaeologist | archaeologist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 digs | nsubj |
| 3 | digs | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 digs | compound:prt |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 helmet | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 helmet | amod |
| 7 | Viking | viking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 helmet | compound |
| 8 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 digs | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 digs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig up | present | a archaeologist | a real Viking helmet | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=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.
Sentence 2: What will it most likely look like?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 look | obl |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 look | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 look | nsubj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 6 look | advmod |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 look | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | future | archaeologist | likely property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
A golden crown with spikes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 crown | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crown | amod |
| 3 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 spikes | case |
| 5 | spikes | spike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 crown | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A helmet with two curved bull's horns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 helmet | det |
| 2 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 horns | case |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 bull | nummod |
| 5 | curved | curve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 bull | amod |
| 6 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 horns | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 bull | case |
| 8 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 helmet | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curve | participle | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A rounded metal cap without horns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cap | det |
| 2 | rounded | round | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 cap | amod |
| 3 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cap | compound |
| 4 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 horns | case |
| 6 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cap | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | round | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A helmet with wings on the sides
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 helmet | det |
| 2 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 wings | case |
| 4 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 helmet | nmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 sides | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sides | det |
| 7 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 helmet | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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