Test 3 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

Lol, was Minnikin proper sus hiding in that cupboard?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Minnikin proper sus · What happens: be, hide · To what, where: Minnikin proper sus, cupboard

This is test 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. 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 sus	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lol	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sus	cop
4	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sus	compound
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sus	amod
6	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sus	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 cupboard	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 cupboard	det
10	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hiding	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 sus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Minnikin proper sus					tree rules
2	hide	gerund	Minnikin proper sus not said here			that cupboard			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cupboard=Location

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

yeah, he was squashed in there for hours waiting for the Troll to fall asleep

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 squashed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 squashed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 squashed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 squashed	aux:pass
5	squashed	squash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 there	case
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 squashed	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 hours	case
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 squashed	obl
10	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 squashed	advcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 Troll	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Troll	det
13	Troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 waiting	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 fall	mark
15	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 waiting	advcl
16	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fall	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	squash	past · passive	he	hour		vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in there=Trajectory
2	wait	gerund			for the Troll	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fall	to-infinitive			asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

nah, he was never actually in the cupboard because the Princess lied to the troll about it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 cupboard	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cupboard	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cupboard	cop
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 actually	advmod
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 cupboard	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cupboard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cupboard	det
9	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 lied	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Princess	det
12	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 lied	nsubj
13	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cupboard	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 troll	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 troll	det
16	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lied	obl
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 troll	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			the cupboard		actually property	tree rules
2	lie	past	the Princess					to the troll about troll	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he was chilling in there like a ninja

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 chilling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chilling	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chilling	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chilling	aux
5	chilling	chill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 there	case
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 chilling	obl
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 ninja	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ninja	det
10	ninja	ninja	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chilling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill	past · progressive	he					like a ninja	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

nah, he was just standing outside the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 standing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 standing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 standing	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 standing	advmod
6	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	outside	outside	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 standing	obl

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

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