Test 9 · ★ · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…

how did he get the honey back

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: get back · To what, where: honey

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1753 «Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4: Elsa is shot down and wins a prince, then a boy's lying contest begins» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 honey	det
6	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	4 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get back	past · do-support	he	the honey					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer honey=Stimulus

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

he borrowed sacks from the miller and filled them

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	2 borrowed	nsubj
2	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sacks	sack	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 borrowed	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 miller	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 miller	det
6	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 borrowed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 filled	cc
8	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 borrowed	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 filled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	past	he	sacks		the miller			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sack=Theme from miller=Source
2	fill	past	he not said here	sacks = sack					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

he took a hatchet and made bags from the skins of the roe-deer he killed in the wood last week

The tree, 21 words

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	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hatchet	det
4	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 made	cc
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
7	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 skins	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 skins	det
10	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 deer	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 deer	det
13	roe	roe	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deer	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 roe	punct
15	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skins	nmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 killed	nsubj
17	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 deer	acl:relcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 wood	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wood	det
20	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 killed	obl
21	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 week	amod
22	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 wood	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	take	past	he	a hatchet		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme
2	make	past	he not said here	bags	the skins of the roe deer	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset bag=Product from skin=Material
3	kill	past	he	the roe deer not said here	the wood last week	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme

Option 3

he dug a ditch and sold the honey at the mill

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	2 dug	nsubj
2	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ditch	det
4	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dug	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sold	cc
6	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dug	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 honey	det
8	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sold	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 mill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mill	det
11	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past	he	a ditch					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ditch=Theme
2	sell	past	he not said here	the honey		the mill			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent honey=Theme at mill=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he took a hatchet and made bags from roe-deer skins

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	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hatchet	det
4	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 made	cc
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
7	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	12 skins	case
9	roe	roe	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deer	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 roe	punct
11	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 skins	compound
12	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	he	a hatchet					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme
2	make	past	he not said here	bags		deer skins			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset bag=Product from skin=Material

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