Test 7 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the se…

Gah, what did the Troll's club do to the earth on the strand?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gah, club · What happens: do

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Gah	Gah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Gah	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Troll	det
6	Troll	Troll	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 club	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Troll	case
8	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	nsubj
9	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 earth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 earth	det
12	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 strand	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 strand	det
15	strand	strand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 earth	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Gah						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the Troll's club					to the earth on the strand	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Launched it fifteen yards up in the air and cracked the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Launched	launch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Launched	obj
3	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Launched	obl
4	yards	yards	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	3 fifteen	nmod:unmarked
5	up	up	ADP	_	1 Launched	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Launched	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cracked	cc
10	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Launched	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sand	det
12	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cracked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	launch up	past		it		the air		fifteen yards obl	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in air=Destination
2	crack	past		the sand					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sand=Theme

Option 2

Tossed it twelve yards up in the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tossed	obj
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 yards	nummod
4	yards	yard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 up	obl:unmarked
5	up	up	ADV	_	1 Tossed	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tossed	obl

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

Option 3

Flung it twenty yards in the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Flung	obj
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 yards	nummod
4	yards	yard	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Flung	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sky	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sky	det
7	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Flung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past		it		the sky			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Launched it fifteen yards up in the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Launched	launch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Launched	obj
3	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Launched	obl
4	yards	yards	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	3 fifteen	nmod:unmarked
5	up	up	ADP	_	1 Launched	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Launched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	launch up	past		it		the air		fifteen yards obl	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in air=Destination

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