Test 4 · ★ · Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen…

Wait, so the smith was painted black while he was out cold?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: wait, paint, be · To what, where: smith

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 painted	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 painted	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smith	det
5	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 painted	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 painted	aux:pass
7	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wait	parataxis
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 painted	xcomp
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 cold	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 cold	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 cold	cop
12	out	out	ADV	_	13 cold	advmod
13	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 painted	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	paint	past · passive		the smith	black property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination
3	is	past	he		cold, out property	tree rules

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

Yeah, his missus made him proper black

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 missus	nmod:poss
4	missus	missus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 black	amod
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	his missus	him = he				black property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, while he was snoring she painted his whole body black from head to toe with soot and grease, then went off to bed

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 snoring	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 snoring	punct
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 snoring	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 snoring	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 snoring	aux
6	snoring	snore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 painted	advcl
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 painted	nsubj
8	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 body	nmod:poss
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 body	amod
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 painted	obj
12	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 painted	xcomp
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 head	case
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 painted	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 toe	case
16	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 painted	obl
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 soot	case
18	soot	soot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 toe	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 grease	cc
20	grease	grease	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 soot	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 went	punct
22	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 went	advmod
23	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 painted	conj
24	off	off	ADP	_	23 went	compound:prt
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 bed	case
26	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snore	past · progressive	he					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	paint	past	she	his whole body	head		to toe with soot and grease result; black property	vn coloring-24 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent body=Patient to toe=Result
3	go off	past	she not said here			then	to bed	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Nah, she only painted his face bright red and gave him a wig, then he woke up grumbling about it all

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 painted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 painted	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 painted	advmod
5	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 painted	obj
8	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 red	amod
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 painted	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gave	cc
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 painted	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	iobj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wig	det
14	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 woke	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 woke	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 woke	nsubj
18	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 painted	conj
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 woke	compound:prt
20	grumbling	grumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 woke	advcl
21	about	about	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 grumbling	obl
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 grumbling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	she	his face			red property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Destination
2	give	past	she not said here	a wig	him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wig=Theme
3	wake up	past	he			then		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	grumble speech: other	gerund	he not said here	all			about wig	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Topic

Option 4

Nah, she dyed his hair a dark brown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 dyed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dyed	nsubj
4	dyed	dye	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hair	nmod:poss
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dyed	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 brown	det
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brown	amod
9	brown	brown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dyed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dye	past	she	his hair					vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient brown=Result

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