Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…

Ngl, how did the witch get the maiden to vanish?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: do, get, vanish · To what, where: witch, maiden

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ngl	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 maiden	det
9	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 vanish	mark
11	vanish	vanish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 maiden	acl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		the witch	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Eventuality
2	get	present	Ngl	the maiden	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus
3	vanish	to-infinitive	Ngl not said here	the maiden not said here	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

She snipped off a lock of hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 snipped	nsubj
2	snipped	snip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 snipped	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lock	det
5	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 snipped	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 hair	case
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lock	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snip off	past	She	a lock of hair					vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient

Option 2

She cut her hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hair	nmod:poss
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	She	her hair					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She stole a silver ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ring	det
4	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ring	amod
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	She	a silver ring					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ring=Theme

Option 4

She burned a lock of hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 burned	nsubj
2	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lock	det
4	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burned	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 hair	case
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lock	nmod

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

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