Test 6 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans o…

Wait, what were the squire and steward plotting to do with him?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be, steward, plot, do · To what, where: squire

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1632 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans outwits the squire's plots and beats Old Eric at Devilmoss Lake» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 squire	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 squire	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 squire	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 squire	det
6	squire	squire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 steward	cc
8	steward	steward	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	conj
9	plotting	plot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 steward	xcomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 do	mark
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 plotting	xcomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 do	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		the squire		tree rules
3	steward	present	you not said here			tree rules
4	plot	gerund	you not said here			tree rules
5	do	to-infinitive	you not said here		with squire	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Shove him into the river with a rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shove	shove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shove	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shove	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 rope	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rope	det
8	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	imperative	you not said here	him = he		the river		with a rope	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme into river=Destination

Option 2

Tie him up in a sack and toss him into the deep lake with a heavy iron weight strapped to his legs

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tie	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Tie	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sack	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sack	det
6	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 toss	cc
8	toss	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tie	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 toss	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 lake	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lake	det
12	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lake	amod
13	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 toss	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	18 weight	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 weight	det
16	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 weight	amod
17	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 weight	compound
18	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lake	nmod
19	strapped	strap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 weight	acl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 legs	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 legs	nmod:poss
22	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 strapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tie up	imperative	you not said here	him = he	a sack		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	toss	present	you not said here	him = he	the deep lake with a heavy iron weight		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Patient into lake=Recipient
3	strap	participle		a heavy iron weight not said here		to his legs	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to leg=Co-Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Drop him down the well under a mill-stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Drop	obj
3	down	down	ADP	_	1 Drop	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	1 Drop	obj
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Drop	advmod
6	under	under	ADP	_	10 stone	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stone	det
8	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stone	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 mill	punct
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop down	imperative	you not said here	him = he		a mill stone		well property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme the=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Throw him in the pond at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 pond	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pond	det
5	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	him = he		the pond	night		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in pond=Destination

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