Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, Cinderlad, part 79: Cinderlad shows the three…

In what manner did the Princess dispatch the golden apples to the knights?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: Princess dispatch, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1492 «Norse Tales, Cinderlad, part 79: Cinderlad shows the three golden apples» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dispatch	det
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 dispatch	compound
7	dispatch	dispatch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 apples	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 apples	amod
10	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 knights	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 knights	det
13	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the Princess dispatch		what manner		to the knights	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 dropped each apple at the knight's feet as he rode in

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 apple	det
4	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 feet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knight	det
7	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feet	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 knight	case
9	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dropped	obl
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 rode	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 rode	nsubj
12	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	12 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	She	each apple		the knight's feet			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent apple=Theme at foot=Destination
2	ride	past	he						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She threw each apple after the knight as he turned away

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 apple	det
4	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 knight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knight	det
7	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 turned	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 turned	nsubj
10	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	advcl
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 turned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	She	each apple			after the knight		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme
2	turn away	past	he					away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She threw each apple after the knight as he turned away, shouting loudly to the crowd

The tree, 16 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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 apple	det
4	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 knight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knight	det
7	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 turned	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 turned	nsubj
10	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	advcl
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 turned	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 shouting	punct
13	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 threw	advcl
14	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	13 shouting	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 crowd	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 crowd	det
17	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	She	each apple		after the knight		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme
2	turn away	past	he				away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	shout speech: express	gerund	She not said here		the crowd		loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to crowd=Recipient

Option 4

She threw each apple after the knight as he turned away from the palace steps and the crowd

The tree, 18 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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 apple	det
4	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 knight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knight	det
7	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 turned	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 turned	nsubj
10	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	advcl
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 turned	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 steps	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 steps	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 steps	compound
15	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 turned	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 crowd	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 crowd	det
18	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 steps	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	She	each apple			after the knight		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme
2	turn away	past	he					from the palace steps and the crowd; away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from step=Source

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