Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

did Great Claus actually chop his own nan?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Great Claus · What happens: chop · To what, where: own nan

This is test 4 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chop	aux
2	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Claus	amod
3	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chop	nsubj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 chop	advmod
5	chop	chop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nan	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nan	amod
8	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chop	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop	past · do-support	Great Claus	Claus's own nan				actually property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nan=Patient

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

Yeah, two whacks with the hatchet, then he carried her to the church and left her by the door for the priest

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 whacks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 whacks	nummod
4	whacks	whack	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 carried	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 hatchet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hatchet	det
7	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whacks	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carried	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 carried	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carried	nsubj
11	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carried	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 church	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 church	det
15	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 left	cc
17	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 carried	conj
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 left	obj
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 door	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 door	det
21	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 left	obl
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 priest	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 priest	det
24	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	two whacks with the hatchet	her = she		the church	then		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to church=Destination
2	leave	past	two whacks with the hatchet not said here	her = she				by the door; for the priest	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by door=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, one whack, then he took her to the apothecary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 whack	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 whack	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 whack	nummod
4	whack	whack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 took	dislocated
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 whack	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 took	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 took	nsubj
8	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 took	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 apothecary	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 apothecary	det
12	apothecary	apothecary	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	he	her = she		the apothecary	then	one whack dislocated	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to apothecary=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he hit her with the hatchet in bed and then went to church to hear a psalm before the apothecary

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hit	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hit	nsubj
4	hit	hit	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 hit	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 hatchet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hatchet	det
8	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 bed	case
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hatchet	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 went	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 went	advmod
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hit	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 church	case
15	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 went	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 hear	mark
17	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 went	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 psalm	det
19	psalm	psalm	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hear	obj
20	before	before	ADP	_	22 apothecary	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 apothecary	det
22	apothecary	apothecary	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	he	her = she			with the hatchet in bed	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with hatchet=Instrument
2	go	past	he not said here		church	then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial_Location
3	hear	to-infinitive	he not said here	a psalm		before the apothecary		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer psalm=Stimulus

Option 4

Yeah, he hit her with a hatchet, then he slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hit	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hit	nsubj
4	hit	hit	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 hit	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 hatchet	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hatchet	det
8	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 slept	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 slept	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 slept	nsubj
12	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	he	her = she				with a hatchet	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with hatchet=Instrument
2	sleep	past	he				then		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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