Test 13 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a…

So the witch offered to take her in, like a foster?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: witch · What happens: offer, take in · To what, where: witch

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1911 «Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a Fairy, and she wins back Prince Fickle at the feast» 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 offered	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 witch	det
3	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offered	nsubj
4	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 offered	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 take	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	6 take	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 foster	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 foster	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 foster	det
12	foster	foster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 offered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	the witch						tree rules
2	take in not said to happen	to-infinitive	the witch not said here		witch			like a foster	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination

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

Yeah, so she could keep the lot of her pots clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 keep	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keep	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	aux
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lot	det
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 pots	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 pots	nmod:poss
11	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lot	nmod
12	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	could	she	the lot of her pots				clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

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

Yeah, so she could scoff as much parsley as she wanted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 scoff	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 scoff	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 scoff	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scoff	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 scoff	aux
6	scoff	scoff	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 parsley	amod
9	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scoff	obj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 wanted	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wanted	nsubj
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scoff	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoff	could	she	much parsley					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parsley=Theme
2	want	past	she						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

Yeah, so she could cook her own dinners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 cook	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cook	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 cook	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cook	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 cook	aux
6	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dinners	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dinners	amod
9	dinners	dinner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	could	she	her own dinners					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient

Option 4

Nah, she wanted free help in the kitchen all day, the mean old crone

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 help	amod
6	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 kitchen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kitchen	det
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obl:unmarked
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 crone	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 crone	det
14	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 crone	amod
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 crone	amod
16	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 day	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	free help		the kitchen	day		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme

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