Test 13 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderla…

What's the deal with the foals at the end, then?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: deal · What happens: be

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deal	det
4	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 foals	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 foals	det
7	foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deal	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 foals	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 What	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the deal with the foals at the end				then		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 youngest one asks him to mount

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asks	nsubj
4	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asks	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 mount	mark
7	mount	mount	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the youngest one		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	mount not said to happen	to-infinitive	the youngest one not said here						vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The youngest one tells him to get on and asks him a question next

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tells	xcomp
8	on	on	ADV	_	7 get	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 asks	cc
10	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tells	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 asks	obj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 question	det
13	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asks	obj
14	next	next	ADV	_	10 asks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the youngest one		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	get on not said to happen	to-infinitive	the youngest one not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	ask speech: ask	present	the youngest one not said here	a question	him = he	next property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The youngest one tells him to get on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tells	xcomp
8	on	on	ADV	_	7 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the youngest one		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	get on not said to happen	to-infinitive	the youngest one not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The youngest one tells him to get on and then gallops off fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tells	xcomp
8	on	on	ADV	_	7 get	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gallops	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 gallops	advmod
11	gallops	gallop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tells	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 gallops	compound:prt
13	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 gallops	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the youngest one	him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	get on not said to happen	to-infinitive	the youngest one not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	gallop off	present	the youngest one not said here		then	fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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