Test 6 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, The Milkwhite Maiden, part 53: the sparks…

Sick, what did the empress do with the ashes?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, empress · What happens: sick, do · To what, where: empress

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Sick	sick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Sick	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 empress	det
6	empress	empress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 empress	acl:relcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 ashes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ashes	det
10	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Sick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sick	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	do	past		the empress		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent empress=Eventuality
3	do	present	the empress not said here		with the ashes	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Tossed them to the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tossed	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 wind	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tossed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past		them = they	the wind				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Patient to wind=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Chucked them to the four winds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chucked	chuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Chucked	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 winds	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 winds	det
5	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 winds	nummod
6	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	participle		them = they		the four winds			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme to wind=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Threw them to the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Threw	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past		them = they		the sea			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme to sea=Destination

Option 4

Binned them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Binned	bin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Binned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bin	past		them = they					vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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