Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, t…

Why'd the soldier ask for a pipe before getting hanged?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: soldier · What happens: ask, hange

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1003 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, the three dogs and the soldier's escape» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 ask	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 ask	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soldier	det
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	nsubj
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 pipe	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pipe	det
8	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 hanged	mark
10	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 hanged	aux:pass
11	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ask	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	would	the soldier					for a pipe	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hange	gerund · passive	the soldier not said here						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

He begged for it because the king had promised him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	obl
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 promised	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 promised	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 promised	aux
9	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 begged	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 promised	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	He					for it	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	promise speech: promise	past · perfect	the king		him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He wanted a pipe to calm his nerves before the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pipe	det
4	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 calm	mark
6	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nerves	nmod:poss
8	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 calm	obj
9	before	before	ADP	_	11 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 end	det
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calm	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	a pipe					tree rules
2	calm not said to happen	to-infinitive	a pipe not said here	his nerves			before the end		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nerve=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He said it was a last request and the king couldn't say no

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 request	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 request	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 request	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 request	amod
7	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 say	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 say	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 say	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 say	advmod
13	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 request	acl:relcl
14	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	13 say	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	a last request	tree rules
3	not say speech: assert	could	the king	a last request not said here	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent request=Topic

Option 4

To calm his nerves down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 calm	mark
2	calm	calm	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 nerves	nmod:poss
4	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 calm	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 calm	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	calm down	to-infinitive		his nerves				down property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nerve=Patient

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