Test 13 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

Mate, how did Minnikin get everyone back up from the bottom of the sea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Minnikin · What happens: get · To what, where: Mate, bottom

This is test 13 · ★ 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
5	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 get	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	9 up	advmod
9	up	up	ADV	_	6 get	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 bottom	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bottom	det
12	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bottom	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	Minnikin	Mate		the bottom of the sea			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme from bottom=Source

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 · ✓ the right answer

he yanked the cable and his men pulled

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 yanked	nsubj
2	yanked	yank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cable	det
4	cable	cable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 yanked	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pulled	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 men	nmod:poss
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pulled	nsubj
8	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yanked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yank	past	he	the cable					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent cable=Patient
2	pull	past	his men						vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

he pulled the rope and men cheered

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cheered	cc
6	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cheered	nsubj
7	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pulled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	he	the rope					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme
2	cheer	past	men						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

he tied the cable to the ship and his men rowed them all back up slowly

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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cable	det
4	cable	cable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 ship	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ship	det
7	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rowed	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 men	nmod:poss
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rowed	nsubj
11	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rowed	obj
13	all	all	ADV	_	14 back	advmod
14	back	back	ADV	_	15 up	advmod
15	up	up	ADV	_	11 rowed	advmod
16	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	11 rowed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	he	the cable				to the ship	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cable=Patient to ship=Co-Patient
2	row	past	his men	them = they				slowly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

he yanked the cable hard and his men pulled them all up in one go

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 yanked	nsubj
2	yanked	yank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cable	det
4	cable	cable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 yanked	obj
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 yanked	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pulled	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 men	nmod:poss
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pulled	nsubj
9	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yanked	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pulled	obj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 them	nmod:unmarked
12	up	up	ADP	_	9 pulled	compound:prt
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 go	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 go	nummod
15	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yank	past	he	the cable				hard property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent cable=Patient
2	pull up	past	his men	them = they		one go			vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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