Test 6 · ★ · Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries…

Lol, what did the King do to his hair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: King do

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1424 «Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries the King away, and a mermaid offers to save him» 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	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lol	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 do	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 do	compound
7	do	do	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 hair	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hair	nmod:poss
10	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the King do				to his hair	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent do=Eventuality

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

He oiled it and curled it into tight ringlets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 oiled	nsubj
2	oiled	oil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 oiled	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 curled	cc
5	curled	curl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 oiled	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 curled	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 ringlets	case
8	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ringlets	amod
9	ringlets	ringlet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 curled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oil	past	He	it					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination
2	curl	past	He not said here	it		tight ringlets			vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme into ringlet=Destination

Option 2

He pinned it under a golden crown with pearls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pinned	nsubj
2	pinned	pin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pinned	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	7 crown	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crown	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crown	amod
7	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pinned	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 pearls	case
9	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 crown	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pin	past	He	it		a golden crown with pearls			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

He combed it back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 combed	nsubj
2	combed	comb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 combed	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	2 combed	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 combed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comb back	past	He	it					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He curled it up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 curled	nsubj
2	curled	curl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 curled	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 curled	compound:prt
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 curled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curl up	past	He	it					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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