Test 6 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch: Esben roasts the w…

sick, why did the eleven brothers end up in the slammer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eleven brothers · What happens: end up · To what, where: slammer

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1659 «Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch: Esben roasts the witch, saves his brothers and goes home» 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	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 end	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 end	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 brothers	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brothers	det
6	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 brothers	nummod
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 end	nsubj
8	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 sick	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 end	compound:prt
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 slammer	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 slammer	det
12	slammer	slammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 sick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end up	present	the eleven brothers					in the slammer result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in slammer=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 · ✓ the right answer

they never brought the coverlet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brought	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 brought	advmod
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coverlet	det
5	coverlet	coverlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bring	past	they	the coverlet					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent coverlet=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

they came home empty handed and cheeky to the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 came	xcomp
5	handed	hand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 came	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cheeky	cc
7	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 handed	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 king	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cheeky	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	they					empty, home property	tree rules
2	hand	participle	they not said here						vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

they never brought the coverlet back to the king at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brought	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 brought	advmod
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coverlet	det
5	coverlet	coverlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	3 brought	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bring back	past	they	the coverlet	the king	all			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coverlet=Theme to king=Destination

Option 4

they had let the witch escape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 let	aux
3	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 witch	det
5	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	obj
6	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past · perfect · passive		they					tree rules
2	escape	infinitive	they not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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