Test 11 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

Dude, was the old hag the only troll left alive after the brew?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: be, leave · To what, where: old hag, only troll

This is test 11 · ★ 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hag	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hag	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hag	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hag	amod
6	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 troll	det
8	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 troll	amod
9	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hag	appos
10	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 troll	acl
11	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 left	xcomp
12	after	after	ADP	_	14 brew	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 brew	det
14	brew	brew	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 left	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 hag	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Dude	the old hag					tree rules
2	leave	participle		the only troll not said here			after the brew	alive property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

nah, she was actually behind the great iron stove and crawled out later to beg for mercy

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	10 stove	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stove	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stove	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	10 stove	advmod
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	10 stove	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stove	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stove	amod
9	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stove	compound
10	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 crawled	nsubj:pass
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 crawled	cc
12	crawled	crawl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 crawled	compound:prt
14	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 crawled	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 beg	mark
16	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 crawled	advcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 mercy	case
18	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 beg	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		the great iron stove	actually property	tree rules
2	crawl out	participle · passive		the great iron stove		late property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3	beg speech: request	to-infinitive				for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she was hiding behind the stove

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 hiding	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hiding	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hiding	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hiding	aux
5	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 stove	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stove	det
8	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · progressive	she			the stove			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind stove=Location

Option 3

yeah, she was hiding behind the big stove in the corner of the hall the whole time

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 hiding	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hiding	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hiding	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hiding	aux
5	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 stove	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stove	det
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stove	amod
9	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 corner	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 corner	det
12	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 hall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hall	det
15	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 corner	nmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 time	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 time	amod
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · progressive	she			the big stove	time	in the corner of the hall	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind stove=Location

Option 4

yeah, she was sitting by the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sitting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sitting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	aux
5	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · progressive	she					by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location

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