Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

Did the King hand Mannikin the army, or did he get the army some other way?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: do, get · To what, where: army

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 get	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mannikin	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hand	compound
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Mannikin	nmod:desc
5	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Did	parataxis
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 army	det
7	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 get	cc
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 army	det
14	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj
15	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	17 way	det
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 way	amod
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obl:unmarked
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	he not said here	the army					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Eventuality
2	get	past · do-support	he	the army				some other way obl:unmarked	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer army=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

The King begged him to take command after the general died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 begged	nsubj
3	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 begged	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 begged	xcomp
7	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 died	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 general	det
10	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 died	nsubj
11	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	the King		him = he	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	the King not said here	command		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme
3	die	past	the general			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

The King begged him to take command

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 begged	nsubj
3	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 begged	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 begged	advcl
7	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	the King		him = he				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	take	to-infinitive	the King not said here	command					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme

Option 3

He pleaded with Mannikin to lead the army and the Princess agreed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pleaded	nsubj
2	pleaded	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 Mannikin	case
4	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pleaded	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lead	mark
6	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pleaded	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 army	det
8	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lead	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 agreed	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Princess	det
11	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 agreed	nsubj
12	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pleaded	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	plead speech: request	past	He		with Mannikin	tree rules
2	lead	to-infinitive	He not said here	the army		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Theme
3	agree speech: agree	past	the Princess			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The general handed it over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 general	det
2	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 handed	nsubj
3	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 handed	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	3 handed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	past	the general	it					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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