Test 3 · ★ · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…

what did the flower spirits do to him at night, the dirty pricks?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: flower spirits · What happens: do · To what, where: him

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spirits	det
4	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spirits	compound
5	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	acl:relcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 do	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pricks	det
13	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pricks	amod
14	pricks	prick	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 what	nsubj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the flower spirits		him = he		night		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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

Pricked his neck with poison thorns, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pricked	prick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 neck	nmod:poss
3	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pricked	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 thorns	case
5	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thorns	compound
6	thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pricked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pricked	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prick	past		his neck				with poison thorns; mate vocative	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent neck=Patient with thorn=Instrument

Option 2

Bit his ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 ear	nmod:poss
3	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past		his ear					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pricked his tongue with poison spears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pricked	prick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tongue	nmod:poss
3	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pricked	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 spears	case
5	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spears	compound
6	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prick	past		his tongue				with poison spears	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient with spear=Instrument

Option 4

Pricked his tongue with poison spears and then gave him horrible dreams all night, the dirty things

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pricked	prick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tongue	nmod:poss
3	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pricked	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 spears	case
5	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spears	compound
6	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pricked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 gave	advmod
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Pricked	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	iobj
11	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dreams	amod
12	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gave	obj
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dreams	nmod:unmarked
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 things	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 things	det
17	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 things	amod
18	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 dreams	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prick	past		his tongue				with poison spears	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient with spear=Instrument
2	give	past		horrible dreams all night and the dirty things	him = he		then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient dream=Theme

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