Test 1 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

Yo, did Sigurd's stick trick actually kill that giant or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sigurd · What happens: do, kill, trick · To what, where: stick trick

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 trick	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Sigurd	case
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trick	compound
7	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 kill	advmod
9	kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 giant	nsubj
11	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kill	ccomp
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 what	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 giant	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		Sigurd's stick trick		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality
2	kill	present			actually property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	trick		Sigurd			nom trick «act transitive»: poss=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

Nah, the giant survived the hail and chased Sigurd all the way back to the king's hall

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 survived	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 survived	nsubj
5	survived	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hail	det
7	hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 survived	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 chased	cc
9	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 survived	conj
10	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 chased	obj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 way	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 way	det
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chased	obl:unmarked
14	back	back	ADV	_	9 chased	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 hall	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 king	det
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hall	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 king	case
19	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	survive	past	the giant	the hail					vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hail=Circumstance
2	chase	past	the giant not said here	Sigurd		the king's hall		all way obl:unmarked	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sigurd=Theme to hall=Trajectory

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

Yeah, the hail flattened him on the spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 flattened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flattened	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hail	det
4	hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flattened	nsubj
5	flattened	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flattened	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 spot	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spot	det
9	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flattened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	past	the hail	him = he		the spot			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

Nah, the hail just stunned him for ages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 stunned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hail	det
4	hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stunned	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 stunned	advmod
6	stunned	stun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stunned	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ages	case
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stunned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stun	past	the hail	him = he			for ages		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 4

Yeah, the hail flattened him, then Sigurd rode off and the giant's cave collapsed behind him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 flattened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flattened	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hail	det
4	hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flattened	nsubj
5	flattened	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flattened	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rode	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 rode	advmod
9	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 rode	nsubj
10	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flattened	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 rode	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 collapsed	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 giant	det
14	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cave	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 giant	case
16	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 collapsed	nsubj
17	collapsed	collapse	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flattened	conj
18	behind	behind	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 collapsed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	past	the hail	him = he			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	ride off	past	Sigurd		then		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	collapse	past	the giant's cave			behind Sigurd	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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