Test 8 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69:…

lowkey, why did the King let the Queen decide?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lowkey, Queen · What happens: let, decide

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1745 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Hermod and Hadvor, part 69: the Queen's spells, the Giant's trick and Olof's warning» 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 let	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lowkey	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 let	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 let	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 let	nsubj
7	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Queen	det
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 decide	nsubj
10	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past · do-support	lowkey						tree rules
2	decide	infinitive	the Queen						vn correspond-36.1-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

He didn't wanna punish his daughter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 punish	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 punish	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 punish	advmod
4	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	5 punish	dep
5	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 daughter	nmod:poss
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 punish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not punish	past · do-support	He	his daughter					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient

Option 2

He didn't wanna punish the Giant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 punish	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 punish	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 punish	advmod
4	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	5 punish	dep
5	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Giant	det
7	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 punish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not punish	past · do-support	He	the Giant					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient

Option 3

Because he didn't want to punish his own daughter, the poor guy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 want	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 want	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 want	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 want	advmod
5	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 guy	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 punish	mark
7	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 want	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 daughter	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 daughter	amod
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 punish	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 want	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 guy	det
13	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 guy	amod
14	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want	past · do-support	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	punish not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	his own daughter					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Cause she's the Queen, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	5 Queen	case
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 Queen	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Queen	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Queen	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					cause the Queen	tree rules

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