Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…
What was the principal reason for which Minnikin summoned his brother Pippin from afar?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Minnikin · What happens: be, summon · To what, where: principal reason, brother Pippin, afar
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 which | case |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 summoned | obl |
| 8 | Minnikin | Minnikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 summoned | nsubj |
| 9 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | acl:relcl |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 Pippin | nmod:poss |
| 11 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Pippin | compound |
| 12 | Pippin | pippin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 summoned | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 afar | case |
| 14 | afar | afar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 summoned | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the principal reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | summon | past | Minnikin | Minnikin's brother Pippin | afar | for the principal reason | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pippin=Recipient |
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
He wanted his brother to see gold
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brother | nmod:poss |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | his brother | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | his brother not said here | gold | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He wished to share the kingdom with him
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 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 share | mark |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kingdom | det |
| 6 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 share | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | He | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | share not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the kingdom | with him = he | tree rules |
Option 3
He wished to share the kingdom and all the gold with him after the trolls were gone
The tree, 17 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 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 share | mark |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kingdom | det |
| 6 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 share | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 gold | cc |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 gold | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gold | det |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kingdom | conj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 share | obl |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 17 gone | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 trolls | det |
| 15 | trolls | troll | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 gone | nsubj |
| 16 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 gone | cop |
| 17 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 share | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | He | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | share not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the kingdom and all gold | with him = he | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | past | the trolls | gone property | tree rules |
Option 4
He wanted his brother to help him fight the trolls and then divide the entire kingdom
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brother | nmod:poss |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 help | mark |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 help | obj |
| 8 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 help | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 trolls | det |
| 10 | trolls | troll | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fight | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 divide | cc |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 divide | advmod |
| 13 | divide | divide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 kingdom | det |
| 15 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 kingdom | amod |
| 16 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 divide | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | his brother | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | his brother not said here | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fight not said to happen | infinitive | him = he not said here | the trolls | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent troll=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | divide | infinitive | He not said here | the entire kingdom | then | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
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