Test 8 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans o…

Dude, how did the stone end up round his neck?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dude, stone · What happens: do, end up

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stone	det
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	nsubj
7	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 end	compound:prt
9	round	round	ADP	_	11 neck	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 neck	nmod:poss
11	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Dude						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	end up	present	the stone					round stone's neck	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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

The men had dropped it on him on purpose from the top of the well, but the hole in its middle slid over his head by pure luck

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 men	det
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dropped	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	aux
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 purpose	case
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 top	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 top	det
12	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 well	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 well	det
15	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 top	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 slid	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	23 slid	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hole	det
19	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 slid	nsubj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 middle	case
21	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 middle	nmod:poss
22	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hole	nmod
23	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	conj
24	over	over	ADP	_	26 head	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 head	nmod:poss
26	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 slid	obl
27	by	by	ADP	_	29 luck	case
28	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 luck	amod
29	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 slid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past · perfect	the men	it		purpose		on him = he; from the top of the well	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on he=Source on purpose=Trajectory from top=Destination
2	slide	past	the hole in hole's middle			his head		by pure luck	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme over head=Source by luck=Trajectory

Option 2

It landed round his neck somehow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 landed	nsubj
2	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	round	round	ADP	_	5 neck	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 neck	nmod:poss
5	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 landed	obl
6	somehow	somehow	ADV	_	2 landed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	It					round his neck; somehow property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It dropped through the hole in the middle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 hole	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hole	det
5	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 middle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 middle	det
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	It			the hole		in the middle	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent through hole=Destination in middle=Initial_Location

Option 4

It slid over his shoulders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slid	nsubj
2	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 shoulders	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shoulders	nmod:poss
5	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	past	It			his shoulders			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over shoulder=Trajectory

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