Test 13 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads a…
Did the King give the lad any cash or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: give · To what, where: lad
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 King | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lad | det |
| 6 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 cash | det |
| 8 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 what | nsubj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 what | cc |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 give | iobj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | the King | the lad | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient lad=Theme |
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
Nah, he just shook his hand and said the Princess would be given to him later
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 shook | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shook | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 shook | advmod |
| 5 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hand | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shook | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 said | cc |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shook | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Princess | det |
| 11 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 given | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 given | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 given | aux:pass |
| 14 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 said | ccomp |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 him | case |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 given | obl |
| 17 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 14 given | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past | he | his hand | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | he not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | give | would · passive | the Princess | him = he | late property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient |
Option 2
Yeah, he gave him a big bag of gold coins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bag | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bag | amod |
| 8 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 coins | case |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 coins | compound |
| 11 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bag | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | a big bag of gold coins | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bag=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, he gave him a horse and a small farm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 farm | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 farm | det |
| 10 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 farm | amod |
| 11 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 horse | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | a horse and a small farm | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he gave him the Princess and half the kingdom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Princess | det |
| 7 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 half | cc |
| 9 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 11 kingdom | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 kingdom | det |
| 11 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | the Princess | him = he | tree rules |
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