Test 4 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…

Wait, so how come the stew was all salty then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, come · To what, where: stew

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 come	advmod
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stew	det
7	stew	stew	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 all	cop
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 stew	nmod
10	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 all	amod
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 come	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	infinitive	you not said here	the stew all			then		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stew=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 · ← Mova's choice

The brothers put a sack of salt in the broth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 brothers	det
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	nsubj
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sack	det
5	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 salt	case
7	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sack	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 broth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 broth	det
10	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	the brothers	a sack of salt		the broth			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme in broth=Destination

Option 2

Cos Pinkel tipped a big spoonful of sugar in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	Cos	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tipped	nsubj
2	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Cos	flat
3	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spoonful	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spoonful	amod
6	spoonful	spoonful	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tipped	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 sugar	case
8	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spoonful	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	past	Cos	a big spoonful of sugar		sugar			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spoonful=Theme in it=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Pinkel chucked a whole handful of salt in the pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 handful	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 handful	amod
5	handful	handful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 salt	case
7	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 handful	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pot	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pot	det
10	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	Pinkel	a whole handful of salt		the pot			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent handful=Theme in pot=Destination

Option 4

The witch put in a pinch of salt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 witch	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pinch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pinch	det
6	pinch	pinch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 salt	case
8	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pinch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	participle		the witch not said here		a pinch of salt			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pinch=Destination
2	pinch			salt					nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient

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