Test 14 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…

Why was the lindorm stuck as a monster so long, anyway?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lindorm · What happens: be, stick · To what, where: lindorm

This is test 14 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lindorm	det
4	lindorm	lindorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
5	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lindorm	acl
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 monster	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 monster	det
8	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 long	advmod
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 stuck	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 anyway	punct
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	10 long	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the lindorm					why property	tree rules
2	stick	participle		the lindorm not said here				as a monster; long property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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

A jealous sister's cruel plan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sister	det
2	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plan	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 sister	case
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 plan	amod
6	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan		a jealous sister						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

An old woman's onion mix-up turned him into a lindorm for many years

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 up	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 woman	case
5	onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 up	nsubj
6	mix	mix	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 up	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turned	nsubj
9	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 turned	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 lindorm	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lindorm	det
13	lindorm	lindorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turned	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 years	case
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 years	amod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	up		onion						tree rules
2	turn	past	a old woman's mix up	onion		a lindorm	year		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme into lindorm=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An old woman's onion mix-up left him cursed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 up	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 woman	case
5	onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 up	nsubj
6	mix	mix	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 up	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	nsubj
9	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 left	obj
11	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	up		onion		tree rules
2	leave	past	a old woman's mix up	onion	tree rules
3	curse	participle	onion not said here		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A cursed onion mix-up that an old woman made in the kitchen of the castle

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 up	det
2	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 up	amod
3	onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 up	nsubj
4	mix	mix	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 up	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 up	punct
6	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 made	nsubj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 woman	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 up	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 kitchen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kitchen	det
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 castle	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 castle	det
17	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kitchen	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	participle							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	make	participle	a cursed mix up			the kitchen of the castle			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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