Test 11 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steal…

Safe, what did the king do to the crew after the princess got nicked?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: nick · To what, where: king

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 668 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steals the princess and sails off under the sea» 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	Safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Safe	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 nicked	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 nicked	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nicked	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 nicked	aux
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 crew	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crew	det
10	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nicked	obl
11	after	after	ADP	_	13 princess	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 princess	det
13	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nicked	obl
14	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 nicked	aux:pass
15	nicked	nick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Safe	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Safe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past · passive · do-support		the king			after the princess	to the crew	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary what=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

Put them in irons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 irons	case
4	irons	iron	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	them = they		irons			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in iron=Destination

Option 2

Beat them soundly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Beat	obj
3	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	1 Beat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	imperative	you not said here	them = they				soundly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme

Option 3

Put them in irons and jailed them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 irons	case
4	irons	iron	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 jailed	cc
6	jailed	jail	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 jailed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	them = they		irons			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in iron=Destination
2	jail	past	you not said here	irons = iron					vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

Put them in irons and sold them as slaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 irons	case
4	irons	iron	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sold	cc
6	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sold	obj
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 slaves	case
9	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	them = they		irons			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in iron=Destination
2	sell	past	you not said here	irons = iron				as slaves	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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