Test 11 · ★ · pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl,…

so the stepmother kicked the kids out like dogs when they got in her way?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stepmother, kids · What happens: kick out, get · To what, where: kids, way

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1767 «pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl, and the queen dies» 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 kicked	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stepmother	det
3	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	nsubj
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kids	det
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kicked	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	4 kicked	compound:prt
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 dogs	case
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kicked	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 got	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kicked	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 way	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 way	nmod:poss
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 kicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick out	past	the stepmother	the kids				like dogs	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent kid=Patient
2	get	past	kids = kid			stepmother's way			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

yeah, she sent them away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	past	she	them = they				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

nah, she'd make them sleep outside in the cold and give them only bread

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	7 sleep	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 cold	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cold	det
11	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sleep	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 give	cc
13	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 give	iobj
15	only	only	ADV	_	16 bread	advmod
16	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	would	she	them = they				tree rules
2	sleep	infinitive	them = they not said here			the cold	outside property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cold=Location
3	give	infinitive	she not said here	bread	them = they			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she'd kick them out of her sight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 kick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 kick	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kick	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 kick	aux
5	kick	kick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kick	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 sight	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 sight	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sight	nmod:poss
10	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	would	she	them = they		her sight			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient out sight=Location
2	sight		her = she						nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

nah, she just ignored them all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 ignored	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ignored	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 ignored	advmod
5	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ignored	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ignored	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	she	them = they			day		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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