Test 10 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

Lowkey, what did Pippin do when Minnikin finally called him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pippin, Minnikin · What happens: do, call · To what, where: Pippin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 do	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lowkey	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
5	Pippin	Pippin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 called	advmod
8	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 called	nsubj
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 called	advmod
10	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 called	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Pippin					Lowkey vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	call	past	Minnikin		Pippin			finally property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=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 gave him a firm kick

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	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 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kick	det
5	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kick	amod
6	kick	kick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	a firm kick	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kick=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he gave him a proper smack

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	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 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 smack	det
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 smack	amod
6	smack	smack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	a proper smack	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient smack=Theme

Option 3

he gave him a proper smack across the face and told him to go away

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	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 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 smack	det
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 smack	amod
6	smack	smack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 face	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 face	det
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 told	cc
11	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 told	iobj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 go	mark
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 told	xcomp
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	a proper smack	him = he	the face		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient smack=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	go away not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here				away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

he cried, hugged him, and then gave him a proper smack for being so late

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 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hugged	punct
4	hugged	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hugged	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gave	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 gave	advmod
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	iobj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 smack	det
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 smack	amod
13	smack	smack	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 so	case
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 so	cop
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 late	advmod
17	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 gave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	he					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hug	past	he not said here	him = he				vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
3	give	past	he not said here	a proper smack	him = he	then	late property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient smack=Theme
4	is	gerund					so property	tree rules

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