Test 2 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go d…

Mate, what was that snuff-box thing for?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: be · To what, where: box thing

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thing	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 thing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 thing	mark
6	snuff	snuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 box	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 snuff	punct
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	compound
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mate	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	9 thing	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Mate and box thing	box thing					tree rules

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

To call Seven Inches whenever the prince needed help, as it had been made for that very purpose

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 call	mark
2	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 needed	advcl
3	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 Inches	nummod
4	Inches	inch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 call	obj
5	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 needed	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needed	nsubj
8	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needed	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 made	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 made	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 made	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 made	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 made	aux:pass
15	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 needed	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	19 purpose	case
17	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 purpose	det
18	very	very	ADV	_	19 purpose	advmod
19	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	to-infinitive	the prince not said here	Seven Inches		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent inch=Recipient
2	need	past	the prince	help	whenever property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
3	make	past · perfect · passive		help	for that purpose	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material for purpose=Beneficiary

Option 2

To keep snuff for the king's guards at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	snuff	snuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	8 guards	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guards	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		snuff			night	for the king's guards	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snuff=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To call Seven Inches when he needed help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 call	mark
2	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 needed	advcl
3	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 Inches	nummod
4	Inches	inch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 call	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 needed	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 needed	nsubj
7	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	to-infinitive	he not said here	Seven Inches					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent inch=Recipient
2	need	past	he	help					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme

Option 4

To call Seven Inches when he needed help, and to shrink him back down

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 call	mark
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 Inches	nummod
4	Inches	inch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 call	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 needed	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 needed	nsubj
7	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 call	advcl
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needed	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shrink	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 shrink	cc
11	to	to	PART	_	12 shrink	mark
12	shrink	shrink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 call	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 shrink	obj
14	back	back	ADV	_	15 down	advmod
15	down	down	ADV	_	12 shrink	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	to-infinitive		Seven Inches		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent inch=Recipient
2	need	past	he	help		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
3	shrink	to-infinitive		him = he	down property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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