Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: th…

Wait, why'd the sheriff have to pour coals on himself all night?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sheriff · What happens: wait, have, pour · To what, where: coals

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 have	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sheriff	det
6	sheriff	sheriff	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 pour	mark
9	pour	pour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 have	xcomp
10	coals	coal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pour	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 himself	case
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 pour	obl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pour	obl:unmarked
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	would	the sheriff				tree rules
3	pour	to-infinitive	the sheriff not said here	coals	night	on himself = he	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coal=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

cos she made the shovel hold him there and he couldn't get off it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shovel	det
5	shovel	shovel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	nsubj
6	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	parataxis
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hold	obj
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 hold	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 get	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 get	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 get	advmod
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	conj
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 get	compound:prt
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	make	past	cos			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	hold	present	the shovel	him = he	there	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	not get off	could	he	shovel		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

cos the bailiff tied him to the chair with a rope from the coach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bailiff	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bailiff	det
3	bailiff	bailiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	nsubj
4	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tied	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 chair	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chair	det
8	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 rope	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rope	det
11	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 coach	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 coach	det
14	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive							tree rules
2	tie	past	the cos bailiff	him = he		the coach		to the chair; with a rope	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient to chair=Co-Patient with rope=Instrument

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cos she made the shovel keep him there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shovel	det
5	shovel	shovel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keep	obj
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	cos	the shovel					tree rules
2	keep	infinitive	the shovel not said here	him = he		there			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

cos the coals were too hot to leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 coals	det
3	coals	coal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hot	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hot	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 hot	advmod
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 leave	mark
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hot	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	is	past	the coals	hot property	tree rules
3	leave	to-infinitive	the coals not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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