Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair

Ngl, what did the cook do when the king went mad at him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl, king · What happens: do, go · To what, where: cook

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 785 «Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	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	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 went	aux
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 went	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
12	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 went	xcomp
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mad	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Ngl	the cook					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Eventuality
2	go	present · do-support	the king					mad property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

he passed the boy to the gardener

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 passed	nsubj
2	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 gardener	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gardener	det
7	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	he	the boy	the gardener				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to gardener=Recipient

Option 2

he sent him away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	past	he	him = he				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

he gave the boy to the steward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	iobj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 steward	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 steward	det
7	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he		the boy			to the steward	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to steward=Recipient

Option 4

he beat the boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 beat	nsubj
2	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 beat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	past	he	the boy					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boy=Theme

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