Test 3 · ★ · Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages

"lol knights couldn't even walk in armour, they just fell over" What would museum tests show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: knights, museum tests · What happens: not walk, fall over, show · To what, where: armour · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 walk	punct
2	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 knights	discourse
3	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 walk	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 walk	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 walk	advmod
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod
7	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 armour	case
9	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fell	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fell	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 fell	advmod
13	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 walk	advcl
14	over	over	ADV	_	13 fell	advmod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 show	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 show	obj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 show	aux
18	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tests	compound
19	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 show	nsubj
20	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fell	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not walk in a quote	could	knights	armour		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in armour=Trajectory
2	fall over in a quote	past	knights = knight		over property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	show	would	museum tests			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

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 right answer

People in real armour can run, climb and get on horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 run	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 armour	case
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 armour	amod
4	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 People	nmod
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 run	aux
6	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 climb	punct
8	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 run	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 get	cc
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 run	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 horses	case
12	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	run	can	People in real armour		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	climb	infinitive	People in real armour not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	get	infinitive	People in real armour not said here	on horses	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on horse=Source

Option 2

They can only crawl slowly

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	4 crawl	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 crawl	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 crawl	advmod
4	crawl	crawl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 crawl	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl	can	They					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They can't move at all once it's on, so squires carried them about

The tree, 15 words

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	4 move	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 move	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 move	advmod
4	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 move	obl
7	once	once	SCONJ	_	10 on	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 on	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 on	cop
10	on	on	ADV	_	4 move	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 carried	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 carried	advmod
13	squires	squire	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 carried	nsubj
14	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 move	parataxis
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 carried	obj
16	about	about	ADV	_	14 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not move	can	They		all		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory
2	is	present	it			on property	tree rules
3	carry	past	squires	them = they		about property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

They need a crane to stand up

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 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crane	det
4	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stand	mark
6	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 stand	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	They	a crane					tree rules
2	stand up not said to happen	to-infinitive	a crane not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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