Test 4 · ★ · Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages

Harry's grandad sticks to his version of Canute. How do you argue wisely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, you · What happens: stick, argue

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Harry's grandad sticks to his version of Canute.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 grandad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Harry	case
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sticks	nsubj
4	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 version	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 version	nmod:poss
7	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sticks	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Canute	case
9	Canute	Canute	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 version	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sticks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present	Harry's grandad					to grandad's version of Canute	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to version=Co-Patient

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: How do you argue wisely?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 argue	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 argue	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 argue	nsubj
4	argue	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	wisely	wisely	ADV	_	4 argue	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 argue	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	present · do-support	you					wisely property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Tell him he's got it all wrong, then stop listening to anything else he says

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 got	aux
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Tell	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 wrong	det
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 got	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stop	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 stop	advmod
11	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
12	listening	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 stop	xcomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 anything	case
14	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 listening	obl
15	else	else	ADV	_	14 anything	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 says	nsubj
17	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 anything	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	get	present · passive	he	it			wrong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	stop	present				then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	listen	gerund					to anything	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to anything=Theme
5	say speech: assert	present	he					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Shout the right story louder until he gives up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 story	amod
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obj
5	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 story	amod
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 gives	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gives	nsubj
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 gives	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	the right story					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic
2	give up	present	he						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Say kindly you read it the other way: he proved he couldn't

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	1 Say	advmod
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 read	nsubj
4	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 read	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	obl:unmarked
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 proved	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 proved	nsubj
11	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	parataxis
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 could	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 proved	ccomp
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 could	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		kindly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	read	present	you	it	the other way obl:unmarked	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	prove	past	he			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Agree and then tell everyone he's wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Agree	conj
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 tell	iobj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wrong	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wrong	cop
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	everyone	then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
3	is	present	he			wrong property	tree rules

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