Test 1 · ★ · Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged le…

Dude, why was the stepmother so mad at the queen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: stepmother

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stepmother	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 stepmother	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stepmother	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stepmother	det
6	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dude	appos
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 mad	advmod
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stepmother	amod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 queen	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 queen	det
11	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mad	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the stepmother					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She hated the queen's good luck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 queen	det
4	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 luck	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 queen	case
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 luck	amod
7	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	She	the queen's good luck					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer luck=Stimulus

Option 2

She wanted the crown back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crown	det
4	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want back	past	She	the crown					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crown=Theme

Option 3

Because the queen had once insulted her in front of all the court and the king

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 insulted	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 queen	det
3	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 insulted	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 insulted	aux
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 insulted	advmod
6	insulted	insult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 insulted	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 front	case
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 insulted	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 court	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 court	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 front	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 king	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 court	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insult	past · perfect · passive		the queen		front of all court and the king		once property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer she=Result

Option 4

Because the queen had refused to help her with the sewing and chores

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 refused	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 queen	det
3	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refused	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 refused	aux
5	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 refused	xcomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 help	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 sewing	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sewing	det
11	sewing	sewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 help	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 chores	cc
13	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sewing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past · perfect	the queen						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not help	to-infinitive	the queen not said here		queen			with the sewing and chores	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary with sewing=Theme

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