Test 2 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks…

Innit, how did the stepmum get the emperor off to war?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Innit, stepmum · What happens: do, get off · To what, where: emperor

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1802 «Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks become golden fishes, and the fishes become princes» 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	Innit	Innit	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	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	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stepmum	det
6	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 emperor	det
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	7 get	compound:prt
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 war	case
12	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Innit						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get off	present	the stepmum	the emperor				to war	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emperor=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

She sent her brother to war

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	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 brother	nmod:poss
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 war	case
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

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

Option 2

She talked her brother into declaring war after a massive row

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 talked	nsubj
2	talked	talk	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 brother	nmod:poss
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talked	obj
5	into	into	SCONJ	_	6 declaring	mark
6	declaring	declare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 talked	advcl
7	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 declaring	obj
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 row	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 row	det
10	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 row	amod
11	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 declaring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	She	her brother					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent brother=Patient
2	declare speech: other	gerund	She not said here	war			after a massive row		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute

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

She got her brother to declare war

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	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 brother	nmod:poss
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 declare	mark
6	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 got	xcomp
7	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 declare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	She	her brother					tree rules
2	declare speech: other	to-infinitive	her brother not said here	war					vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute

Option 4

She got the army to riot

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 army	det
4	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 riot	mark
6	riot	riot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	She	the army					tree rules
2	riot	to-infinitive	the army not said here						tree rules

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