Test 7 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

Ngl, why was Minnikin so salty his brother was there at all?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl Minnikin · What happens: be · To what, where: Ngl Minnikin, all

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Minnikin	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 Ngl	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Minnikin	cop
5	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 there	nsubj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 salty	advmod
7	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brother	amod
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brother	nmod:poss
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 there	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 there	cop
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 there	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 there	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Ngl Minnikin					tree rules
2	is	past	Ngl Minnikin			all		there property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

cos he called him three times for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	obj
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	obl:unmarked
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 help	case
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	cos	him = he			time	for help	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for help=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

cos he needed help and called him three times but Pippin came late

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 needed	nsubj
3	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 called	cc
6	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 needed	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 called	obj
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 called	obl:unmarked
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 came	cc
11	Pippin	pippin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 came	nsubj
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 needed	conj
13	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	cos	help				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
2	call	past	cos not said here		cos	time		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	come	past	Pippin				late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

cos he was asked to share gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	aux:pass
4	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cos	acl:relcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 share	mark
6	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asked	xcomp
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · passive		he					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	share not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	gold					tree rules

Option 4

cos he called him three times for help and Pippin still struck him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	obj
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	obl:unmarked
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 help	case
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 struck	cc
10	Pippin	Pippin	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 struck	nsubj
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 struck	advmod
12	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 struck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	cos	him = he			time	for help	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for help=Beneficiary
2	strike	past	Pippin	cos			still		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument

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