Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the m…

Did the witch hand the drink over for free?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: witch · What happens: hand · To what, where: drink

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» 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	4 hand	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 witch	det
3	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hand	nsubj
4	hand	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 drink	det
6	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hand	obj
7	over	over	ADV	_	4 hand	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 free	case
9	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 over	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	past · do-support	the witch	the drink				over property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=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

Yes, but only a small gift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 gift	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 gift	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 gift	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gift	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gift	amod
7	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nope, she wanted a massive price

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 price	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 price	amod
7	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	a massive price					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot price=Theme

Option 3

Nope, she demanded the mermaid's voice and her beautiful tongue both

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 demanded	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 demanded	nsubj
4	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mermaid	det
6	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 voice	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mermaid	case
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 demanded	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tongue	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tongue	nmod:poss
11	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tongue	amod
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 voice	conj
13	both	both	ADV	_	4 demanded	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	she	the mermaid's voice and mermaid's beautiful tongue				both property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme voice=Precondition

Option 4

Nah, she wanted every pearl and jewel from the mermaid's sisters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 pearl	det
6	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 jewel	cc
8	jewel	jewel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pearl	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 sisters	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mermaid	det
11	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sisters	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 mermaid	case
13	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	every pearl and jewel				from the mermaid's sisters	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pearl=Theme

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