Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

bro, what did stork-papa wanna do to those two liars?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: do · To what, where: stork papa

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 bro	acl:relcl
5	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 papa	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 stork	punct
7	papa	papa	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	7 papa	dep
9	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 liars	case
11	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	13 liars	det
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 liars	nummod
13	liars	liar	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 do	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	bro	stork papa					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent papa=Eventuality
2	do	present	bro					to that two liars	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 · ✓ the right answer

jab his beak right in their chests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	jab	jab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 beak	nmod:poss
3	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 jab	obj
4	right	right	ADV	_	1 jab	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 chests	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 chests	nmod:poss
7	chests	chest	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 jab	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jab	imperative	you not said here	his beak		their chests		right property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beak=Patient

Option 2

drive his beak into their necks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 beak	nmod:poss
3	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 drive	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 necks	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 necks	nmod:poss
6	necks	neck	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	imperative	you not said here	his beak		their necks			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beak=Theme into neck=Trajectory

Option 3

break their wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wings	nmod:poss
3	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	imperative	you not said here	their wings					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

peck their eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	peck	peck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 peck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck	imperative	you not said here	their eyes					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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