Test 5 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

Okay, the ring gave him two wishes, so what did he do with them?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ring, he · What happens: give, do · To what, where: two wishes, him

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Okay	okay	INTJ	_	5 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Okay	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	nsubj
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	iobj
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 wishes	nummod
8	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gave	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 do	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 do	advmod
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 do	obj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 do	aux
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 gave	conj
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the ring	two wishes	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wish=Theme
2	do	past · do-support	he					with wishes = wish	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

wished himself home, then wished his Queen there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 wished	obj
3	home	home	ADV	_	1 wished	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wished	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 wished	advmod
6	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wished	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 Queen	nmod:poss
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wished	obj
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 wished	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past		himself = he				home property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme
2	wish	past		his Queen		there	then		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot queen=Theme

Option 2

wished for his Queen, then sold the ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wished	wish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sold	advcl
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 Queen	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 Queen	nmod:poss
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 wished	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 wished	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 sold	advmod
7	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ring	det
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	participle						for his Queen	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for queen=Theme
2	sell	past		the ring			then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme

Option 3

wished for gold and for a crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wished	wish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 gold	case
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wished	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 crown	cc
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 crown	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crown	det
7	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	participle						for gold and a crown	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for gold=Theme

Option 4

he wished himself home first, then used the second to bring his Queen to his side

The tree, 16 words

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 wished	obj
4	home	home	ADV	_	2 wished	advmod
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 wished	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 used	advmod
8	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wished	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 second	det
10	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 used	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 bring	mark
12	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 Queen	nmod:poss
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 bring	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 side	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 side	nmod:poss
17	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	he	himself = he			first, home property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme
2	use	past	he not said here	the second		then		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent second=Patient
3	bring	to-infinitive	he not said here	his Queen	his side			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent queen=Theme to side=Destination

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