Test 4 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

So how did he get back up after the third Troll knocked him out?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, third Troll · What happens: get back, knock out · To what, where: him

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» 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	_	5 get	advmod
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	7 up	advmod
7	up	up	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 knocked	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Troll	det
10	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 Troll	amod
11	Troll	Troll	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 knocked	nsubj
12	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 get	advcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 knocked	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	12 knocked	compound:prt
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get back	past · do-support	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	knock out	past	the third Troll	him = he					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=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

the eagle came and carried him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 carried	cc
5	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the eagle						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	carry	past	the eagle not said here	eagle					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

the flask of ointment spilled over his wounds and healed him fully

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flask	det
2	flask	flask	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spilled	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 ointment	case
4	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flask	nmod
5	spilled	spill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 wounds	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wounds	nmod:poss
8	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spilled	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 healed	cc
10	healed	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spilled	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 healed	obj
12	fully	fully	ADV	_	10 healed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	spill	participle · passive		the flask of ointment	his wounds		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	heal	past		him = he		fully property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	wound		his = he				nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the ointment spilled and fixed him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ointment	det
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spilled	nsubj
3	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 fixed	cc
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spilled	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fixed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill	past	the ointment						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fix	past	the ointment not said here	ointment					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he crawled to the well and drank water until the Trolls went away

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 crawled	nsubj
2	crawled	crawl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 well	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 well	det
5	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crawled	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drank	cc
7	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 crawled	conj
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drank	obj
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 went	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Trolls	det
11	Trolls	troll	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 drank	advcl
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	crawl	past	he		the well		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to well=Destination
2	drink	past	he not said here	water			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
3	go away	past	the Trolls			away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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