Test 3 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivory box test shows who…

lol, Omar just chucked the scissors on the floor, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Omar · What happens: chuck · To what, where: scissors, floor

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 718 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivory box test shows who is the true prince» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 chucked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lol	punct
3	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 chucked	advmod
5	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 scissors	det
7	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chucked	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 floor	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chucked	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 chucked	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	Omar	the scissors		the floor			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme on floor=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

Yep, he tossed them away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 tossed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tossed	nsubj
4	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tossed	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	4 tossed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss away	past	he	them = they				away property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

Yep, he flung them down hard and stormed out of the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 flung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flung	nsubj
4	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flung	obj
6	down	down	ADP	_	4 flung	compound:prt
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 flung	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stormed	cc
9	stormed	storm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flung	conj
10	out	out	ADP	_	13 hall	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 hall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hall	det
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stormed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling down	past	he	them = they				hard property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	storm out	past	he not said here	the hall					tree rules

Option 3

Nope, he slid them in a sash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 slid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slid	nsubj
4	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slid	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sash	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sash	det
8	sash	sash	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	past	he	them = they		a sash			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme in sash=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yep, he threw them down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 threw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 threw	nsubj
4	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 threw	obj
6	down	down	ADP	_	4 threw	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw down	past	he	them = they					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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