Test 9 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

Bro, who did the two Princesses both fancy, Minnikin or the King?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: two Princesses

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Princesses	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 Princesses	nummod
7	Princesses	Princess	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 did	obj
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 fancy	advmod
9	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Princesses	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Minnikin	punct
11	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Princesses	appos
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 King	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 King	det
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Minnikin	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the two Princesses				Bro vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality

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 King, since both are old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 old	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 King	punct
4	since	since	ADP	_	5 both	case
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 King	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 old	cop
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the King since both					old property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Minnikin, both of them wanted him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Minnikin	punct
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 wanted	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 both	nmod
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Minnikin	him = he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 3

Minnikin, though the King wanted both of them for himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Minnikin	punct
3	though	though	SCONJ	_	6 wanted	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	nsubj
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 wanted	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 both	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 himself	case
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Minnikin	both				for King	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot both=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

the King, both of them chose him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 chose	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 King	punct
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 chose	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 both	nmod
7	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	the King	him = he					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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