Test 12 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…

What was all the scrubbing with the brushes about, anyway?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: scrub

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» 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 scrubbing	obj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scrubbing	aux
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 scrubbing	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scrubbing	det
5	scrubbing	scrub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 brushes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brushes	det
8	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scrubbing	obl
9	about	about	ADV	_	11 anyway	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 about	punct
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	8 brushes	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 scrubbing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scrub	past · progressive						with the brushes	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme

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

Scrubbing the floor clean of blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scrubbing	scrub	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 clean	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 floor	det
3	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Scrubbing	obj
4	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 blood	case
6	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scrub	gerund		the floor					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent floor=Source

Option 2

Cleaning the bridal bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cleaning	clean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bed	det
3	bridal	bridal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bed	amod
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cleaning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	gerund		the bridal bed					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bed=Patient

Option 3

Making the room smell of roses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smell	det
3	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smell	compound
4	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 roses	case
6	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smell	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		the room smell of roses					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset smell=Product
2	smell		roses						nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Turning the slimy lindorm back into a youth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lindorm	det
3	slimy	slimy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lindorm	amod
4	lindorm	lindorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turning	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	1 Turning	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 youth	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 youth	det
8	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund		the slimy lindorm		a youth			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent lindorm=Theme into youth=Trajectory

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