Test 9 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a b…

Fam, what did the housekeeper do to wake the boy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fam · What happens: do, wake · To what, where: housekeeper, boy

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 682 «Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a boy saves a magician from wolves and wins his horse» 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	7 do	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Fam	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 housekeeper	det
6	housekeeper	housekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 wake	mark
9	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 do	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wake	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Fam	the housekeeper	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent housekeeper=Eventuality
2	do	present	Fam		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wake	to-infinitive	Fam not said here	the boy	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boy=Patient

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

She dragged him out of bed and scolded him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dragged	nsubj
2	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dragged	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	6 bed	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 bed	case
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dragged	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 scolded	cc
8	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dragged	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 scolded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past	She	him = he		bed			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out bed=Initial_Location
2	scold	past	She not said here	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

She stamped her feet and shook him hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stamped	nsubj
2	stamped	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feet	nmod:poss
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stamped	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shook	cc
6	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stamped	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shook	obj
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 shook	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stamp	past	She	her feet					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination
2	shake	past	She not said here	him = he				hard property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She stamped and shook him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stamped	nsubj
2	stamped	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 shook	cc
4	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stamped	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stamp	past	She						vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shake	past	She not said here	him = he					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

She poured water on him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 poured	nsubj
2	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	She	water				on him = he	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

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