Test 12 · ★ · Norse Tales, Ring and Snati, part 56: trolls outwitted in…

what did Ring and Snati do to the old troll dude?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ring · What happens: do

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1732 «Norse Tales, Ring and Snati, part 56: trolls outwitted in the cave» 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	root	root
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	Ring	Ring	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Snati	cc
5	Snati	Snati	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Ring	conj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	acl:relcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 dude	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dude	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dude	amod
10	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dude	compound
11	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Ring and Snati					to the old troll dude	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

chased him around the cave and then chucked him in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 chased	obj
3	around	around	ADP	_	5 cave	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cave	det
5	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 chased	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 chucked	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 chucked	advmod
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 chased	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chucked	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 river	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past		him = he		the cave			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme around cave=Trajectory
2	chuck	past		him = he		the river	then		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in river=Destination

Option 2

tied him to a rock and threw him into the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 tied	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 rock	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rock	det
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 tied	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 threw	cc
7	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 tied	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 threw	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past		him = he				to a rock	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to rock=Co-Patient
2	throw	past		him = he				into the river result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into river=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

chucked him in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 chucked	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 chucked	obl

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

Option 4

drowned him in the stream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 drowned	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 stream	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stream	det
5	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past		him = he		the stream			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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