Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three gi…

To what end did the first giantess intend to dispose of the prince after the wrestling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: end, first giantess · What happens: do, intend, dispose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 715 «Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three giantesses, then finds the horse Gullfaxi and the sword Gunnfjoder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giantess	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 giantess	amod
7	giantess	giantess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 intend	nsubj
8	intend	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 dispose	mark
10	dispose	dispose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 intend	xcomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 prince	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 prince	det
13	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dispose	obl
14	after	after	ADP	_	16 wrestling	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wrestling	det
16	wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dispose	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	end			tree rules
2	intend	present	the first giantess			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	dispose not said to happen	to-infinitive	the first giantess not said here	after the wrestling	of the prince	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

She intended to place him within a cooking pot

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 intended	nsubj
2	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 place	mark
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 intended	obj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 place	obj
6	within	within	ADP	_	9 pot	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pot	det
8	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pot	compound
9	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 intended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	past	She	place				within a cooking pot	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic

Option 2

She meant to cook 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 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 cook	mark
4	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 meant	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	She						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cook not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

She planned to hang him from the high roof beam

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 planned	nsubj
2	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hang	mark
4	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 planned	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hang	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 beam	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 beam	det
8	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 beam	amod
9	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beam	compound
10	beam	beam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past	She						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hang not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he		the high roof beam			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

She meant to hang him over the fire by his feet

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 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hang	mark
4	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 meant	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hang	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hang	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 feet	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 feet	nmod:poss
11	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	She						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hang not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he		the fire		by his feet	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme over fire=Destination

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