Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince f…

lol the footman's head got horns, dead funny, how?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: head · What happens: get · To what, where: horns

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1297 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince forgets his wife, and she wins him back» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 got	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 footman	det
3	footman	footman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 head	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 footman	case
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 got	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 funny	punct
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 funny	amod
10	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horns	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 how	punct
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 funny	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the footman's head	horns					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horn=Stimulus

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

she says the magic words, and the horns sprout out of his head right in front of all the staff

The tree, 20 words

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 words	det
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 words	amod
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sprout	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sprout	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horns	det
9	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sprout	nsubj
10	sprout	sprout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	14 head	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 head	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 head	nmod:poss
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sprout	obl
15	right	right	ADV	_	17 front	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 front	case
17	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sprout	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 staff	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 staff	det:predet
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 staff	det
21	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she	the magic words					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	sprout	present	the horns			his head		in front of all staff	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out head=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

she says the magic words and the horns sprout out

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 words	det
4	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 words	compound
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sprout	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 horns	det
8	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sprout	nsubj
9	sprout	sprout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 sprout	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she	the magic words					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	sprout out	present	the horns						vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 3

she says the magic words over him and then the horns sprout out of his head and he howls for hours

The tree, 21 words

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 words	det
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 words	amod
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 words	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sprout	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sprout	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 horns	det
11	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sprout	nsubj
12	sprout	sprout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
13	out	out	ADP	_	16 head	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 head	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 head	nmod:poss
16	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sprout	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 howls	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 howls	nsubj
19	howls	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 hours	case
21	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 howls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she	the magic words			over him = he	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	sprout	present	the horns		his head	then		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out head=Location
3	howl	present	he			hour		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

she uses a spell on his head, then he grows

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 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spell	det
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spell	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grows	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 grows	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 grows	nsubj
11	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 uses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	she	a spell		his head			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient
2	grow	present	he				then		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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