Test 11 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy he…

What did the king do with the balsam once it worked?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, balsam · What happens: do, work

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 balsam	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 balsam	det
8	balsam	balsam	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl
9	once	once	SCONJ	_	11 worked	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 worked	nsubj
11	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the king	with the balsam	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	work	past	balsam		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

He made sure nobody else touched it

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 made	xcomp
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 touched	nsubj
5	else	else	ADV	_	4 nobody	advmod
6	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 made	parataxis
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 touched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	He					sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	touch	past	nobody	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He gave it to his best friend

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 friend	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	it	his best friend				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to friend=Recipient

Option 3

He locked the flask away in the royal vault and told the guards to kill anyone who came near it

The tree, 20 words

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 locked	nsubj
2	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flask	det
4	flask	flask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locked	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 locked	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 vault	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vault	det
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 vault	amod
9	vault	vault	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locked	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 told	cc
11	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 locked	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 guards	det
13	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 told	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 kill	mark
15	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 told	xcomp
16	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 kill	obj
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 came	nsubj
18	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 anyone	acl:relcl
19	near	near	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lock away	past	He	the flask	the royal vault	away property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flask=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	past	He not said here	the guards			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient clause=Topic
3	kill not said to happen	to-infinitive	the guards not said here	anyone			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme
4	come	past			vault		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near it=Location

Option 4

He had the balsam copied by a dozen clerks and sent to every town in the land for safekeeping

The tree, 19 words

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 balsam	det
4	balsam	balsam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	copied	copy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 balsam	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 clerks	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dozen	det
8	dozen	dozen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 clerks	nummod
9	clerks	clerk	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 copied	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sent	cc
11	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 copied	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 town	case
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 town	det
14	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sent	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 land	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 land	det
17	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sent	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 safekeeping	case
19	safekeeping	safekeeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	the balsam			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balsam=Patient
2	copy	participle		the balsam not said here		by dozen clerks	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by clerk=Destination
3	send	participle			the land	to every town; for safekeeping	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to town=Destination

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