Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is…

Lol, how'd the prince even beat the eleven robbers with just a sword?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: beat · To what, where: eleven robbers

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 684 «Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is blinded and goes to the giant» 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	_	8 beat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 beat	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 beat	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 beat	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beat	nsubj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 beat	advmod
8	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 robbers	det
10	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 robbers	nummod
11	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 beat	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 sword	case
13	just	just	ADV	_	15 sword	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sword	det
15	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beat	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	past	the prince	the eleven robbers				with a sword	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent robber=Patient with sword=Instrument

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

He used a trick to make them fall into the ditch and then cut each one down fast

The tree, 18 words

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 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trick	det
4	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	xcomp
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 ditch	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ditch	det
11	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fall	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cut	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 cut	advmod
14	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 fall	conj
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	16 one	det
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cut	obj
17	down	down	ADV	_	14 cut	advmod
18	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	He	a trick			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive	He not said here	them = they			tree rules
3	fall	infinitive	them = they not said here			into the ditch result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into ditch=Result
4	cut down	infinitive	them = they not said here	each one	then	down, fast property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product

Option 2

He stood by the ditch and cut each robber down as soon as they leapt over it

The tree, 17 words

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 ditch	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ditch	det
5	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cut	cc
7	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stood	conj
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 robber	det
9	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cut	obj
10	down	down	ADV	_	7 cut	advmod
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 soon	advmod
12	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 cut	advmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 leapt	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 leapt	nsubj
15	leapt	leapt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 soon	advcl
16	over	over	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 leapt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stand	past	He			by the ditch	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by ditch=Location
2	cut down	infinitive	He not said here	each robber		down, soon property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset robber=Product
3	leapt	present	they		robber		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He cut each one down as they jumped the ditch

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	2 cut	compound:prt
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 jumped	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 jumped	nsubj
8	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ditch	det
10	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jumped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut down	past	He	each one					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product
2	jump	past	they	the ditch					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ditch=Trajectory

Option 4

He cut each one down as they jumped the wall

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	2 cut	compound:prt
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 jumped	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 jumped	nsubj
8	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wall	det
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jumped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut down	past	He	each one					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product
2	jump	past	they	the wall					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Trajectory

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