Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

bruv, so Little Claus just sold his gran?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: sell · To what, where: bruv

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 870 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 81: Great Claus is beaten out of town, kills his own grandmother, and nearly drowns Little Claus, who escapes with a drover's cattle» 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sold	obl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Claus	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 Little	advmod
4	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Claus	amod
5	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sold	obl
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 sold	advmod
7	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gran	nmod:poss
9	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sold	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past		bruv				Little Claus obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gran=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

Nah, he tricked the landlord into giving him cash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 tricked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricked	nsubj
4	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 landlord	det
6	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	obj
7	into	into	SCONJ	_	8 giving	mark
8	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 tricked	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 giving	iobj
10	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 giving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	he	the landlord					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent landlord=Patient
2	give	gerund	he not said here	cash	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cash=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he took her to the inn and sold her to the landlord for a whole bushel of money, which made him very rich

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 took	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 inn	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 inn	det
8	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sold	cc
10	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sold	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 landlord	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 landlord	det
14	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sold	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 bushel	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bushel	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 bushel	amod
18	bushel	bushel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sold	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 money	case
20	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bushel	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 made	punct
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 made	nsubj
23	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 money	acl:relcl
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 made	obj
25	very	very	ADV	_	26 rich	advmod
26	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past	he	her = she		the inn		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to inn=Destination
2	sell	past	he not said here	her = she	the landlord		for a whole bushel of money	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme to landlord=Recipient for bushel=Asset
3	make	past	money	him = he			rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he got a bushel of money for her, dead lucky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bushel	det
6	bushel	bushel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 money	case
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bushel	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lucky	amod
13	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	a bushel of money				for her = she	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bushel=Theme for she=Beneficiary

Option 4

Yeah, he sold her to the landlord at the inn, then the landlord threw mead in her face and Little Claus got a bushel of money

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sold	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sold	nsubj
4	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sold	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 landlord	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 landlord	det
8	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sold	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 inn	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 inn	det
11	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sold	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 threw	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 threw	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 landlord	det
15	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 threw	nsubj
16	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	parataxis
17	mead	mead	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 threw	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 face	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 face	nmod:poss
20	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 threw	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 got	cc
22	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 got	nsubj
23	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Little	flat
24	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	conj
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 bushel	det
26	bushel	bushel	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 got	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 money	case
28	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 bushel	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	sell	past	he	her = she	the landlord	the inn		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme to landlord=Recipient at inn=Asset
2	throw	past	the landlord	mead		landlord's face	then	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mead=Theme in face=Destination
3	get	past	Little	a bushel of money				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bushel=Stimulus

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