Test 10 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Ni…

how'd Niels get over that massive wall, like seriously?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Niels · What happens: get · To what, where: massive wall

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 709 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Rasmus and Niels, part 49: Niels shoots at three giants and is caught» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct
3	Niels	Niels	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	8 wall	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 wall	det
7	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wall	amod
8	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 seriously	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 seriously	case
11	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	4 get	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	infinitive	Niels			that massive wall		seriously property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over wall=Destination

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 used a long wooden ladder that the giants left at the castle gate

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	6 ladder	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ladder	amod
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ladder	amod
6	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 left	nsubj:pass
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giants	det
9	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 left	nsubj
10	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ladder	acl:relcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 gate	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gate	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gate	compound
14	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	he	a long wooden ladder					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladder=Patient
2	leave	participle · passive		a long wooden ladder		the castle gate			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at gate=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a giant tossed him up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tossed	nsubj
3	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tossed	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 tossed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss up	past	a giant	him = he					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

a rope pulled him up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rope	det
2	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulled	nsubj
3	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pulled	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 pulled	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull up	past	a rope	him = he					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he climbed up a rope that a giant threw over the whole 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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 climbed	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rope	det
5	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 threw	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 threw	nsubj
9	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rope	acl:relcl
10	over	over	ADP	_	13 wall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wall	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wall	amod
13	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb up	past	he	a rope					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location rope=Theme
2	throw	past	a giant	a rope		the whole wall			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent that=Theme over wall=Destination

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