Test 11 · ★ · pg3282, Rübezahl, part 51: the gnome makes a princess his…

she touched a turnip and yelled for Brunhilda, like a wish machine

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: touch, yell · To what, where: turnip

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1250 «pg3282, Rübezahl, part 51: the gnome makes a princess his guest underground, and she gets her playmate back with a turnip» 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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 touched	nsubj
2	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 turnip	det
4	turnip	turnip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touched	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 yelled	cc
6	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 touched	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Brunhilda	case
8	Brunhilda	Brunhilda	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 yelled	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 machine	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 machine	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 machine	det
12	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 machine	compound
13	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	past	she	a turnip				like a wish machine	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme turnip=Co-Theme
2	yell speech: express	past	she not said here					for Brunhilda	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for brunhilda=Recipient

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

yep, Brunhilda came running out and they hugged for ages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	Brunhilda	Brunhilda	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 came	advcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 running	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hugged	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hugged	nsubj
9	hugged	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 ages	case
11	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hugged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	come	past	Brunhilda		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run out	gerund	Brunhilda not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hug	past	they	for ages	vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yep, and Brunhilda popped right out, hugging her like crazy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 popped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 popped	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 popped	cc
4	Brunhilda	Brunhilda	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 popped	nsubj
5	popped	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	right	right	ADV	_	7 out	advmod
7	out	out	ADV	_	5 popped	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hugging	punct
9	hugging	hug	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 popped	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hugging	obj
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 crazy	case
12	crazy	crazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hugging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop	past	Brunhilda					out property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	hug	gerund	Brunhilda not said here	Brunhilda				like crazy	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent

Option 3

yep, she called and Brunhilda appeared out of nowhere, and then the gnome tried to take the turnip back, which was so funny

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 called	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 appeared	cc
6	Brunhilda	Brunhilda	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 appeared	nsubj
7	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 called	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	10 nowhere	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 nowhere	case
10	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 appeared	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tried	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 tried	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 tried	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gnome	det
15	gnome	gnome	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tried	nsubj
16	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 called	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 take	mark
18	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 tried	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 turnip	det
20	turnip	turnip	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 take	obj
21	back	back	ADV	_	18 take	advmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 which	punct
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 take	obj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 funny	cop
25	so	so	ADV	_	26 funny	advmod
26	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 called	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	she				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	appear	past	Brunhilda				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out nowhere=Location
3	try	past	the gnome		then		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	take back not said to happen	to-infinitive	the gnome not said here	the turnip			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument turnip=Theme which=Destination
5	is	past				funny property	tree rules

Option 4

yep, and Brunhilda popped right out of the bush, hugging her like crazy and crying happy tears for a long time

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 popped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 popped	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 popped	cc
4	Brunhilda	Brunhilda	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 popped	nsubj
5	popped	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	right	right	ADV	_	10 bush	advmod
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 bush	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 bush	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bush	det
10	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 popped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hugging	punct
12	hugging	hug	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 popped	advcl
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hugging	obj
14	like	like	ADP	_	15 crazy	case
15	crazy	crazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hugging	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 crying	cc
17	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 hugging	conj
18	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 tears	amod
19	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 crying	obj
20	for	for	ADP	_	23 time	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 time	det
22	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 time	amod
23	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 crying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop	past	Brunhilda		the bush			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out bush=Location
2	hug	gerund	Brunhilda not said here	Brunhilda			like crazy	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent
3	cry speech: express	gerund	Brunhilda not said here	happy tears		time		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Topic

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