Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steal…

What did the witch do to the bloke to freeze him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: witch · What happens: do, freeze · To what, where: him

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» 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	5 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 bloke	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bloke	det
8	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 freeze	mark
10	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 do	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 freeze	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the witch					to the bloke	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	freeze	to-infinitive	the witch not said here	him = he					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result

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

Chanted a spell over him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chanted	chant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 spell	amod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 spell	det
3	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spell	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chant	participle							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Grabbed his arm and hissed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 arm	nmod:poss
3	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grabbed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hissed	cc
5	hissed	hiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Grabbed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past		his arm					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
2	hiss	past							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Pulled out one hair and stoned him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Pulled	compound:prt
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hair	nummod
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pulled	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stoned	cc
6	stoned	stone	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Pulled	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stoned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull out	participle		one hair					vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stone	past			him = he				vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination

Option 4

Stared at him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past						at him = he	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme

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