Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin…

By what means did Minnikin account to the kitchen-maid for the gold and silver hoops?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, do · To what, where: Minnikin account · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1573 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin tricks three one-eyed hags for magic gifts, then saves the Princess from the first Troll while Ritter Red takes the credit.» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 account	compound
6	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 maid	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 maid	det
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 maid	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 kitchen	punct
11	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 gold	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gold	det
14	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 hoops	cc
16	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hoops	compound
17	hoops	hoop	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 gold	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		Minnikin account				to the kitchen maid; for the gold and silver hoops	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=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

He claimed they had fallen from home buckets while he carried water up the hill

The tree, 15 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 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fallen	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fallen	aux
5	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 claimed	ccomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 buckets	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buckets	compound
8	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fallen	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 carried	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carried	nsubj
11	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fallen	advcl
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obj
13	up	up	ADP	_	15 hill	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hill	det
15	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fall	past · perfect	they		home buckets		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bucket=Initial_Location
3	carry	past	he	water		up the hill	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 2

He swore they were a gift from the Princess

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 swore	nsubj
2	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gift	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gift	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gift	det
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swore	ccomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 Princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	He					from the Princess	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	they	a gift					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He claimed they had fallen from home buckets

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 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fallen	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fallen	aux
5	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 claimed	ccomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 buckets	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buckets	compound
8	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fall	past · perfect	they			home buckets			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bucket=Initial_Location

Option 4

He claimed they had fallen from his mother's home buckets on the long road back to the palace kitchen

The tree, 20 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 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fallen	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fallen	aux
5	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 claimed	ccomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	11 buckets	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mother	nmod:poss
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 buckets	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 mother	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 buckets	compound
11	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fallen	obl
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 road	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 road	det
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 road	amod
15	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fallen	obl
16	back	back	ADV	_	5 fallen	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 kitchen	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 kitchen	det
19	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 kitchen	compound
20	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 back	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fall	past · perfect	they			his mother's home buckets		on the long road	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on road=Location

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