Test 4 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p…

Deadass, what was the fool doing at the troll's crib?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Deadass, fool · What happens: be, do · To what, where: fool, crib

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» 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	Deadass	Deadass	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fool	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 fool	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fool	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fool	det
6	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Deadass	appos
7	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 fool	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	12 crib	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 troll	det
10	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 crib	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 troll	case
12	crib	crib	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doing	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Deadass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Deadass	the fool					tree rules
2	do	gerund	the fool not said here			the troll's crib			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

smashing the glass windows and doors and then dancing in the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	smashing	smash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 windows	det
3	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 windows	compound
4	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 smashing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 doors	cc
6	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 windows	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dancing	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 dancing	advmod
9	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 smashing	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 hall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hall	det
12	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dancing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	gerund		the glass windows and doors					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme
2	dance	gerund				the hall	then		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location

Option 2

stealing the troll's treasure chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 troll	det
3	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chest	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 troll	case
5	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chest	compound
6	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 stealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	gerund		the troll's treasure chest					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme

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

smashing the glass windows and doors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	smashing	smash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 windows	det
3	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 windows	compound
4	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 smashing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 doors	cc
6	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 windows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	gerund		the glass windows and doors					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme

Option 4

smashing the glass windows and doors and then chasing the guards out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	smashing	smash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 windows	det
3	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 windows	compound
4	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 smashing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 doors	cc
6	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 windows	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 chasing	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 chasing	advmod
9	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 smashing	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 guards	det
11	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 chasing	obj
12	out	out	ADV	_	9 chasing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	gerund		the glass windows and doors					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme
2	chase out	gerund		the guards			then	out property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme

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