Test 4 · ★ · Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 6:…

so she lit the candle and kissed him, no cap, and then he bounced?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, he · What happens: light, kiss, bounce · To what, where: candle, him

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1419 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 6: the girl lights a candle, the prince flees, and she searches the winds» 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	_	3 lit	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lit	nsubj
3	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 candle	det
5	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lit	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kissed	cc
7	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lit	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kissed	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cap	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 cap	det
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kissed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bounced	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 bounced	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 bounced	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bounced	nsubj
16	bounced	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lit	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 lit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	she	the candle			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product
2	kiss	past	she not said here	him = he		no cap obl	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
3	bounce	past	he		then		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

yeah, the wax dripped down his shirt and he woke and looked around the room

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 dripped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dripped	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wax	det
4	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dripped	nsubj
5	dripped	drip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 dripped	compound:prt
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shirt	nmod:poss
8	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dripped	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 woke	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 woke	nsubj
11	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dripped	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 looked	cc
13	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dripped	conj
14	around	around	ADP	_	16 room	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 room	det
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drip down	past	the wax	wax's shirt		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shirt=Source
2	wake	past	wax			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	look	past	the wax not said here		around the room	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent around room=Theme

Option 2

nope, the lamp fell and he slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 fell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lamp	det
4	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	nsubj
5	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 slept	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 slept	nsubj
8	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the lamp						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sleep	past	lamp						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the wax dripped and he woke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 dripped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dripped	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wax	det
4	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dripped	nsubj
5	dripped	drip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 woke	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 woke	nsubj
8	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dripped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drip	past	the wax						vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
2	wake	past	wax						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

yeah, the wax dripped on his shirt and he woke up with a jump

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	11 woke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wax	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wax	det
4	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yeah	appos
5	dripped	drip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wax	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 shirt	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shirt	nmod:poss
8	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dripped	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 woke	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 woke	nsubj
11	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 woke	compound:prt
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 jump	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 jump	det
15	jump	jump	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 woke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drip	participle		the wax not said here		his shirt			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
2	wake up	past	he					with a jump	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with jump=Instrument

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