Test 4 · ★ · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

Fam, what kind of punishment did the wind give him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Fam · What happens: give · To what, where: wind

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» 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	Fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kind	punct
3	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	4 kind	det
4	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fam	appos
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 punishment	case
6	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	nmod
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 give	aux
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wind	det
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	nsubj
10	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 give	iobj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	Fam		wind				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Whirled him over the rooftops till he was gasping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whirled	whirl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Whirled	obj
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 rooftops	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rooftops	det
5	rooftops	rooftop	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Whirled	obl
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 gasping	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gasping	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 gasping	aux
9	gasping	gasp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Whirled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whirl	past		him = he		the rooftops			vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme over rooftop=Destination
2	gasp	past · progressive	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Whirled him over the rooftops till he was gasping for air and crying like a baby chick

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whirled	whirl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Whirled	obj
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 rooftops	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rooftops	det
5	rooftops	rooftop	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Whirled	obl
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 gasping	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gasping	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 gasping	aux
9	gasping	gasp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Whirled	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 air	case
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gasping	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 crying	cc
13	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 gasping	conj
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 chick	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 chick	det
16	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 chick	compound
17	chick	chick	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	whirl	past		him = he	the rooftops		vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme over rooftop=Destination
2	gasp	past · progressive	he			for air	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for air=Recipient
3	cry speech: express	gerund	he not said here			like a baby chick	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Threw him around the courtyard till he was dizzy

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	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Threw	obj
3	around	around	ADP	_	5 courtyard	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 courtyard	det
5	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Threw	obl
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 dizzy	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dizzy	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 dizzy	cop
9	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Threw	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past		him = he		the courtyard			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme around courtyard=Destination
2	is	past	he					dizzy property	tree rules

Option 4

Whirled him over the rooftops till he was gasping and then dumped him in a field

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whirled	whirl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Whirled	obj
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 rooftops	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rooftops	det
5	rooftops	rooftop	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Whirled	obl
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 gasping	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gasping	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 gasping	aux
9	gasping	gasp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Whirled	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dumped	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 dumped	advmod
12	dumped	dump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Whirled	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dumped	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 field	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 field	det
16	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dumped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	whirl	past		him = he	the rooftops		vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme over rooftop=Destination
2	gasp	past · progressive	he				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	dump	past		him = he	a field	then	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme in field=Trajectory

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