Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

In what manner did the Princess conceal Minnikin from the Troll upon the Troll's return to the hill?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess, Troll · What happens: do, conceal, return · To what, where: manner, Minnikin, Troll

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1575 «Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the second Princess from the Troll, brews the deadly ale, then is struck by his brother» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	nsubj
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 Troll	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Troll	det
11	Troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 return	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Troll	det
14	Troll	Troll	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 return	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Troll	case
16	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Troll	nmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 hill	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hill	det
19	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 return	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		tree rules
2	conceal	present	the Princess	Minnikin	the Troll upon the Troll's return to the hill		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent minnikin=Patient from troll=Beneficiary
3	return		the Troll			to the hill	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

She put him in a chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 put	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 chest	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chest	det
6	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	She	him = he		a chest			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in chest=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She hid him under the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 table	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	She	him = he		the table			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient under table=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She concealed him within a cupboard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 concealed	nsubj
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 concealed	obj
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 cupboard	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cupboard	det
6	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past	She	him = he				within a cupboard	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

She put him behind a heavy curtain and told the Troll she had cooked alone

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 put	obj
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 curtain	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 curtain	det
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 curtain	amod
7	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 put	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Troll	det
11	Troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	iobj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cooked	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 cooked	aux
14	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 told	ccomp
15	alone	alone	ADV	_	14 cooked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	put	past	She	him = he		a heavy curtain		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme behind curtain=Destination
2	tell speech: assert	past	She not said here		the Troll			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent troll=Recipient clause=Topic
3	cook	past · perfect	she				alone property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

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