Test 6 · ★ · Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from…
Did the king give up on her or what?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: give up
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1245 «Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward» 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 | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 king | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 give | compound:prt |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 what | cc |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 give | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | present | the king | on her = she | vn resign-10.11-2 «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
Nah, he tried everything, so he chucked a marriage at her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 tried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tried | nsubj |
| 4 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 tried | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 chucked | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 chucked | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 chucked | nsubj |
| 9 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tried | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 marriage | det |
| 11 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chucked | obj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 her | case |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 chucked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | he | everything | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | chuck | past | he | a marriage | at her = she | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme at she=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he sent her off to a convent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 sent | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 convent | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 convent | det |
| 9 | convent | convent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send off | past | he | her = she | a convent | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to convent=Destination |
Option 3
Nah, he got her a new cat instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cat | det |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cat | amod |
| 8 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | a new cat | her = she | instead property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary cat=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, he gave up totally and just let her sit in her room for ages with her dresses
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 gave | compound:prt |
| 6 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 4 gave | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 let | cc |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 let | advmod |
| 9 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 gave | conj |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 let | obj |
| 11 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 let | xcomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 room | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 room | nmod:poss |
| 14 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sit | obl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 ages | case |
| 16 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 room | nmod |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 dresses | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 dresses | nmod:poss |
| 19 | dresses | dress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 room | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | past | he | totally property | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | he not said here | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sit | infinitive | her = she not said here | her room for ages with her dresses | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location |
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