Test 2 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the se…

Wait, why was the kitchen-maid like, so hyped about the hoops?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be, hype · To what, where: kitchen maid

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1574 «Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the second and third Trolls, and the Princess wins her rescuer» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 maid	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 maid	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 maid	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 maid	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 maid	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 kitchen	punct
8	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	parataxis
9	like	like	INTJ	_	8 maid	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hyped	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 hyped	advmod
12	hyped	hype	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wait	advcl
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 hoops	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hoops	det
15	hoops	hoop	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hyped	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		the kitchen maid		tree rules
3	hype	participle	you not said here		about the hoops	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

Minnikin dropped a whole armful of gold and silver hoops right at her feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 armful	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 armful	amod
5	armful	armful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 armful	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hoops	cc
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hoops	nsubj
10	hoops	hoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
11	right	right	ADV	_	10 hoops	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 feet	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 feet	nmod:poss
14	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hoops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	Minnikin	a whole armful of gold					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armful=Theme
2	hoop	present	silver			Minnikin's feet		right property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Minnikin brought her a sack of shiny coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 brought	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sack	det
5	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 coins	case
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 coins	amod
8	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	Minnikin	a sack of shiny coins	her = she				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination sack=Theme

Option 3

Minnikin dropped a whole armful of gold and silver hoops and then ran off laughing

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 armful	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 armful	amod
5	armful	armful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 armful	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hoops	cc
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hoops	compound
10	hoops	hoop	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gold	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ran	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 ran	advmod
13	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 ran	compound:prt
15	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 ran	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	drop	past	Minnikin	a whole armful of gold and silver hoops		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armful=Theme
2	run off	past	Minnikin not said here		then	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	laugh	gerund	Minnikin not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Minnikin dropped a whole armful of gold and silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 armful	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 armful	amod
5	armful	armful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 armful	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 silver	cc
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	Minnikin	a whole armful of gold and silver					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armful=Theme

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