Test 9 · ★ · pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl,…

did the nurse give the basket to Dotterine on her tenth birthday, innit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: nurse · What happens: give, innit · To what, where: basket, Dotterine, tenth birthday

This is test 9 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 nurse	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nurse	det
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	nsubj
4	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 basket	det
6	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Dotterine	case
8	Dotterine	Dotterine	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 basket	nmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 birthday	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 birthday	nmod:poss
11	tenth	tenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 birthday	amod
12	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 basket	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
14	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 give	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	the nurse	the basket	Dotterine	nurse's tenth birthday			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent basket=Theme to dotterine=Recipient on birthday=Asset
2	innit	infinitive	the nurse not said here						tree rules

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

nah, she gave it to the stepmother who burned it in the stove at midnight

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 stepmother	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stepmother	det
8	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 burned	nsubj
10	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stepmother	acl:relcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 burned	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 stove	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stove	det
14	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burned	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 midnight	case
16	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	she	it	the stepmother				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to stepmother=Recipient
2	burn	past	the stepmother	stepmother		the stove	midnight		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she handed it over and said the words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 handed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 handed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 handed	nsubj
4	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 handed	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	4 handed	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 handed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 words	det
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	past	she	it					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	she not said here	the words					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic

Option 3

yeah, she passed it on at noon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 passed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 passed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 passed	nsubj
4	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 passed	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	4 passed	compound:prt
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 noon	case
8	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	past	she	it			noon		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

yeah, she handed it over at the cottage door and whispered the old words

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 handed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 handed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 handed	nsubj
4	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 handed	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	4 handed	compound:prt
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
9	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 door	compound
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handed	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 whispered	cc
12	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 handed	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 words	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 words	amod
15	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 whispered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	past	she	it		the cottage door			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	whisper speech: assert	past	she not said here	the old words					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic

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