Test 12 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the gol…

so what did the prince do while the widow combed the reindeer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: widow · What happens: do, comb · To what, where: prince, reindeer

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1534 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the golden hemlock and the burnt reindeer skin» 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	so	so	ADV	_	3 did	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	conj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 combed	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 widow	det
9	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 combed	nsubj
10	combed	comb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reindeer	det
12	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 combed	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		the prince	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality
2	do	present			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	comb	past	the widow	the reindeer	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reindeer=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

burned the reindeer skin in the hearth fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 skin	det
3	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 skin	compound
4	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 burned	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 fire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
7	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fire	compound
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past		the reindeer skin		the hearth fire			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme

Option 2

slept by the hearth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 hearth	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hearth	det
4	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	participle						by the hearth	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

dropped the comb on the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 comb	det
3	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dropped	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past		the comb		the floor			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent comb=Theme on floor=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

threw the skin in the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 skin	det
3	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 threw	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 fire	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past		the skin		the fire			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent skin=Theme in fire=Destination

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