Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

did the king just wing her with his sword first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: king

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 did	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 wing	advmod
5	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 did	obl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wing	nmod:unmarked
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 sword	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sword	nmod:poss
9	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 did	obl
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 did	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the king				with king's sword; wing her obl; first property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality

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

Yeah, he sliced her tail with the ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sliced	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sliced	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sliced	nsubj
4	sliced	slice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sliced	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 ring	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ring	det
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sliced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slice	past	he	her tail				with the ring	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tail=Patient with ring=Instrument

Option 2

Yeah, he swung wildly at the monster and hit her in the belly, then she ran back into the lake and vanished

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swung	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swung	nsubj
4	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	wildly	wildly	ADV	_	4 swung	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 monster	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monster	det
8	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swung	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hit	cc
10	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swung	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hit	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 belly	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 belly	det
14	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hit	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 ran	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 ran	advmod
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 ran	nsubj
18	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swung	conj
19	back	back	ADV	_	18 ran	advmod
20	into	into	ADP	_	22 lake	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 lake	det
22	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ran	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 vanished	cc
24	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swung	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	past	he				at the monster; wildly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at monster=Trajectory
2	hit	past	he not said here	monster	the belly			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent she=Theme in belly=Destination
3	run back	past	monster			then	into the lake result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lake=Result
4	vanish	past	he not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he chopped off her paw before she could strike

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 chopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chopped	nsubj
4	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 paw	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 paw	nmod:poss
7	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chopped	obl
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 strike	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 strike	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 strike	aux
11	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 chopped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop off	past	he	her paw					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Patient
2	strike	could	she						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 4

Nah, he shot an arrow at her from far away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 shot	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shot	nsubj
4	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 arrow	det
6	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shot	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 shot	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 far	case
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 away	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	4 shot	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	he	a arrow				away property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Destination her=Theme

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