Test 11 · ★ · Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three gi…

Gutted, what did Helga say her father would never forgive?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Helga, father · What happens: gut, say, not forgive · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
5	Helga	Helga	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Gutted	conj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 father	nmod:poss
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forgive	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 forgive	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 forgive	advmod
11	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	gut	participle		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Helga	tree rules
3	not forgive	would	Helga's father	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Her letting Sigurd ride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 letting	nmod:poss
2	letting	let	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 letting	obj
4	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 letting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	gerund		Sigurd					tree rules
2	ride	infinitive	Sigurd not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Her losing the keys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 losing	nmod:poss
2	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 keys	det
4	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 losing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund		the keys					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Eventuality

Option 3

Her letting the strange young man ride the golden horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 letting	nmod:poss
2	letting	let	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
4	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 letting	obj
7	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 letting	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 horse	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 horse	amod
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ride	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	gerund		the strange young man					tree rules
2	ride	infinitive	the strange young man not said here	the golden horse					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 4

Her hiding the horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hiding	nmod:poss
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund		the horse					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient

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