Test 2 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik, part 38: the childre…

Bruv, what did Sigurd do to the wood behind them?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sigurd · What happens: do

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 698 «Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik, part 38: the children flee to the grove, and the prince is deceived» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 do	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
5	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 wood	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wood	det
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 do	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Sigurd					to the wood; behind them = they; Bruv vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

he threw burning torches into the dry thicket behind them

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 torches	amod
4	torches	torch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 thicket	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thicket	det
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thicket	amod
8	thicket	thicket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
9	behind	behind	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	he	burning torches				into the dry thicket result; behind torches = torch	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer torch=Theme into thicket=Result
2	burn	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

he set it alight

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 set	nsubj
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 set	obj
4	alight	alight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 set	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	he	it				alight property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result

Option 3

he lit a fire and let the flames spread through the grove

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 lit	nsubj
2	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lit	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flames	det
8	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 spread	nsubj
9	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 let	parataxis
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 grove	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grove	det
12	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	light	past	he	a fire		vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product
2	let	infinitive	he not said here			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	spread	present	the flames		the grove	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through grove=Location

Option 4

he tore branches down

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 tore	nsubj
2	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tore	obj
4	down	down	ADV	_	2 tore	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore down	past	he	branches				down property	tree rules

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