Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Prince…

What'd Hans do to the editor, lol?

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

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1748 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Princess with a crow, a shoe and mud» 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	3 Hans	obj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 Hans	aux
3	Hans	Han	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 editor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 editor	det
7	editor	editor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 do	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	Hans					to the editor	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

threw the whole pot of hot soup over the editor's head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pot	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pot	amod
4	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 threw	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 soup	case
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 soup	amod
7	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pot	nmod
8	over	over	ADP	_	12 head	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 editor	det
10	editor	editor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 head	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 editor	case
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past		the whole pot of hot soup		the editor's head			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pot=Theme over head=Destination

Option 2

kicked him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kicked	kick	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 kicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past		him = he					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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

chucked mud in his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	chucked	chuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 chucked	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 face	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 face	nmod:poss
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	participle		mud		his face			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mud=Theme in face=Destination

Option 4

sent him to the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sent	send	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 sent	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 wall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past		him = he		the wall			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to wall=Destination

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