Test 8 · ★ · pg640 Tales, The Youngest Brother and the Witch: he kills…

So he chopped it into bits and sent them to the four winds?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: chop, send · To what, where: it, bits, four winds

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1708 «pg640 Tales, The Youngest Brother and the Witch: he kills the witch, saves the children and wins his bride» 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 chopped	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chopped	nsubj
3	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chopped	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 bits	case
6	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chopped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sent	cc
8	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chopped	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sent	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 winds	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 winds	det
12	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 winds	nummod
13	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sent	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 chopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop	past	he	it				into bits result	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient into bit=Result
2	send	past	he not said here	bits = bit		the four winds			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to wind=Destination

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

Yeah, he burned them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 burned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 burned	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 burned	nsubj
4	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 burned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	he	them = they					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he kept the pieces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pieces	det
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	the pieces					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, he threw them in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 threw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 threw	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 threw	nsubj
4	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 threw	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	he	them = they		the river			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in river=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he scattered the pieces everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 scattered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 scattered	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scattered	nsubj
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pieces	det
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scattered	obj
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 scattered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past	he	the pieces				everywhere property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent piece=Theme

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