Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince f…

so the witch's daughter just buys the nights for scissors?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: daughter · What happens: buy

This is test 4 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	7 buys	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 witch	det
3	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 daughter	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 witch	case
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buys	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 buys	advmod
7	buys	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nights	det
9	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 buys	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 scissors	case
11	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 buys	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 buys	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	present	the witch's daughter				night	for scissors	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for scissors=Beneficiary

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

yeah, she trades the scissors for a night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 trades	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 trades	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trades	nsubj
4	trades	trade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scissors	det
6	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 trades	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trades	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trade	present	she	the scissors			night		vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme

Option 2

yeah, she swaps the scissors for a night in the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swaps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swaps	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swaps	nsubj
4	swaps	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scissors	det
6	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swaps	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swaps	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 room	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 room	det
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swaps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	present	she	the scissors		the room	night		vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, she swaps her scissors for one night by the bed, and the wife gets no say in it at all

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swaps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swaps	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swaps	nsubj
4	swaps	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 scissors	nmod:poss
6	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swaps	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 night	nummod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swaps	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bed	det
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swaps	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 gets	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 gets	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wife	det
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gets	nsubj
17	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swaps	conj
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 say	det
19	say	say	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gets	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 gets	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	present	she	her scissors			night	by the bed	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme
2	get	present	the wife	no say		say		at all	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent say=Theme at all=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she swaps her thing for one night by the bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swaps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swaps	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swaps	nsubj
4	swaps	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 thing	nmod:poss
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swaps	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 night	nummod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swaps	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bed	det
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swaps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	present	she	her thing			night	by the bed	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

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