Test 8 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres te…

Lol, so Proserpina chucked the gems across the room, right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Proserpina · What happens: chuck · To what, where: gems, room

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2074 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 33: Ceres tests the baby in the fire, then lets the earth go barren» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 chucked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lol	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 chucked	advmod
4	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	nsubj
5	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gems	det
7	gems	gem	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chucked	obj
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 room	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 room	det
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chucked	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	5 chucked	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	Proserpina	the gems		the room			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gem=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

Yeah, she flung them all the way to the far end of the hall and then sulked by the door

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 flung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flung	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flung	nsubj
4	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flung	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 way	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flung	obl:unmarked
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
11	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 end	amod
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flung	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 hall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hall	det
15	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 end	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sulked	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 sulked	advmod
18	sulked	sulk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 flung	conj
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 door	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 door	det
21	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sulked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past	she	them = they			to the far end of the hall	all way obl:unmarked	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme to end=Destination
2	sulk	participle	she not said here				then	by the door	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Yeah, she tossed them to the back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tossed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tossed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tossed	nsubj
4	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tossed	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 back	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 back	det
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tossed	obl

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she flung them to the far end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 flung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flung	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flung	nsubj
4	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flung	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
8	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 end	amod
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flung	obl

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, she picked them up and looked at them real close before dropping them on the floor

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 picked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 picked	nsubj
4	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 picked	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 picked	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 looked	cc
8	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 picked	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 looked	obl
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 looked	xcomp
12	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 picked	advmod
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 dropping	mark
14	dropping	drop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 picked	advcl
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dropping	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 floor	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 floor	det
18	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dropping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pick up	past	she	them = they		close property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic
2	look	past	she not said here			at them = they; real property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme
3	drop	gerund	she not said here	them = they	the floor		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on floor=Destination

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