Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The Sword Gunnfoder, pa…

What did the mortar do to the monkey in the end, fam?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mortar · What happens: do · To what, where: end

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 714 «Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The Sword Gunnfoder, part 54: Sigurd hides three times and is cursed by a giantess» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mortar	det
4	mortar	mortar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 monkey	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monkey	det
8	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 end	det
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fam	punct
13	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 end	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the mortar				in the end and fam	to the monkey	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

it landed on his back and hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 landed	nsubj
2	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 back	nmod:poss
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 landed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hurt	cc
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 landed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	it			his back			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on back=Destination
2	hurt	infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

it fell down from the roof and crushed him to death in the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 fell	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 roof	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roof	det
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 crushed	cc
8	crushed	crush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fell	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 crushed	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 death	case
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crushed	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 house	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 house	det
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	past	it			the roof		down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from roof=Initial_Location
2	crush	past		him = he		the house		to death result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient to death=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

dropped on him and killed him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 dropped	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 killed	cc
5	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 dropped	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 killed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	participle						on him = he	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on he=Trajectory
2	kill	past		him = he					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

it dropped from the beam on him and killed him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 beam	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beam	det
5	beam	beam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 killed	cc
9	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 killed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	it			the beam		on him = he	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from beam=Destination on he=Initial_Location
2	kill	past		him = he					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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