Test 12 · ★ · Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen…

Bro, did the poor old woman get treated nice at the castle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: treat · To what, where: Bro, castle

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1664 «Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen eats magic onions and bears a serpent» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 treated	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 treated	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 treated	nsubj:pass
8	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 treated	aux:pass
9	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 treated	xcomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 castle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 castle	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 treated	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 treated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	past · passive · do-support		Bro		the castle		nice property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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

Nah, they threw her out the gate immediately

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 threw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 threw	nsubj
4	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 threw	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 threw	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	obj
9	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	4 threw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	past	they	the gate	her = she			immediately property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination gate=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, they offered her a penny and told her to go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 offered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 offered	nsubj
4	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 offered	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 penny	det
7	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offered	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 offered	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 go	mark
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	offer	past	they	a penny	her = she	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal penny=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	they not said here		her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, they fed her well and gave her a new cloak, but she still had to walk home alone in the snow

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fed	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fed	nsubj
4	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fed	obj
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 fed	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gave	cc
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fed	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gave	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cloak	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cloak	amod
12	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 had	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 had	cc
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 had	nsubj
16	still	still	ADV	_	17 had	advmod
17	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fed	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 walk	mark
19	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 had	xcomp
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 walk	advmod
21	alone	alone	ADV	_	19 walk	advmod
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 snow	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 snow	det
24	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past	they		her = she			well property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	give	past	they not said here	a new cloak	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient cloak=Theme
3	have	past	she				still		tree rules
4	walk	to-infinitive	she not said here			the snow		alone, home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in snow=Trajectory

Option 4

Yeah, they gave her a meal and sent her on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meal	det
7	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sent	cc
9	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sent	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	9 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	they	a meal	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient meal=Theme
2	send	past	they not said here	her = she					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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