Test 4 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

ngl, how did the prince not wake up when she was shaking him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: not wake up, shake · To what, where: him

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1420 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 7: the North Wind carries her to the castle, and the shirt goes wrong» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wake	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wake	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 wake	advmod
8	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 wake	compound:prt
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 shaking	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 shaking	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 shaking	aux
13	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 wake	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 shaking	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 wake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wake up	past · do-support	ngl						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	shake	past · progressive	ngl	him = he					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Cause the princess spiked his drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 spiked	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spiked	nsubj
4	spiked	spike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 drink	nmod:poss
6	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spiked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive	the princess not said here						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	spike	past	the princess	his drink					tree rules

Option 2

Cause the troll put a spell on him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 troll	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 troll	det
3	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spell	det
6	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive							vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	put	past	the Cause troll	a spell				on him = he	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on he=Destination

Option 3

Cause he was tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	4 tired	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tired	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	cop
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					tired property	tree rules

Option 4

Cause his ears were stuffed with wax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ears	compound
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 ears	nmod:poss
3	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stuffed	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stuffed	aux:pass
5	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 wax	case
7	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuffed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive							vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	stuff	past · passive		his Cause ears				with wax	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with wax=Theme

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