Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his do…

Bro, what was the nurse even doing spoiling him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: be, do, spoil · To what, where: nurse, him

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doing	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 nurse	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 nurse	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 nurse	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nurse	det
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bro	conj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 doing	advmod
8	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	spoiling	spoil	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 doing	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spoiling	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	Bro and the nurse	the nurse	tree rules
2	do	gerund	Bro and the nurse		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	spoil	gerund	Bro and the nurse not said here	him = he	tree rules

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

She gave him every toy and sweet he wanted whenever he cried and stomped on the floor in anger

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 toy	det
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sweet	cc
7	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 toy	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	nsubj
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	parataxis
10	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 cried	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cried	nsubj
12	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wanted	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stomped	cc
14	stomped	stomp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wanted	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 floor	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 floor	det
17	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stomped	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 anger	case
19	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stomped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	past	She	every toy and sweet	him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient toy=Theme
2	want	past	he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	cry speech: express	past	he				whenever property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	stomp	past	he not said here			the floor	in anger	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She never once told him no, and when he cried she gave him gold and let him stomp around the palace

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 told	advmod
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 told	advmod
4	told	tell	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 told	iobj
6	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 told	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gave	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gave	cc
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 cried	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 cried	nsubj
11	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 gave	advcl
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	nsubj
13	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	iobj
15	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gave	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 let	cc
17	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 let	obj
19	stomp	stomp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 let	xcomp
20	around	around	ADP	_	22 palace	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 palace	det
22	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 stomp	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	past	She		him = he		once property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	cry speech: express	past	he					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give	past	she	gold	him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme
4	let	infinitive	She not said here	him = he				tree rules
5	stomp	infinitive	him = he not said here			the palace		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around palace=Trajectory

Option 3

She just let him have whatever he wanted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 let	advmod
3	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 have	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wanted	nsubj
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 whatever	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	infinitive	She	him = he	tree rules
2	have	infinitive	him = he not said here	whatever	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Patient
3	want	past	he		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She gave him anything if he cried and stomped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 gave	obj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 cried	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cried	nsubj
7	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stomped	cc
9	stomped	stomp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cried	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	past	She	anything	him = he	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=Theme
2	cry speech: express a condition, not said to happen	past	he			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stomp	past	he not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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