Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 102: Hel…

Wait, what did Helga cut off to make her bowstring?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Helga · What happens: wait, cut off, make · To what, where: bowstring

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 891 «Andersen's Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 102: Helga grows wild, and the Vikings bring home a Christian priest.» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cut	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 cut	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cut	aux
5	Helga	Helga	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cut	nsubj
6	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 cut	compound:prt
8	to	to	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 cut	advcl
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bowstring	nmod:poss
11	bowstring	bowstring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cut off	past · do-support	Helga		vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector what=Eventuality
3	make	to-infinitive	Helga not said here	Helga's bowstring	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bowstring=Product

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 · ← Mova's choice

A lock of her long hair, sick move, she used it for her bow

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lock	det
2	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 used	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 hair	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hair	nmod:poss
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hair	amod
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lock	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 move	punct
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 move	amod
9	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hair	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 used	nsubj
12	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 used	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 bow	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 bow	nmod:poss
16	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	a lock of lock's long hair and sick move	move				for lock's bow	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent it=Theme for bow=Eventuality

Option 2

A lock of her long hair, sick move, then she shot the arrow

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lock	det
2	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shot	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 hair	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hair	nmod:poss
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hair	amod
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lock	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 move	punct
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 move	amod
9	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hair	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 shot	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 shot	advmod
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 shot	nsubj
13	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 arrow	det
15	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	a lock of lock's long hair and sick move	the arrow			then		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme

Option 3

A chunk of her braid, wicked move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chunk	det
2	chunk	chunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 braid	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 braid	nmod:poss
5	braid	braid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chunk	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 move	punct
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 move	amod
8	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chunk	conj

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A lock of her long hair, sick move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lock	det
2	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 hair	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hair	nmod:poss
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hair	amod
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lock	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 move	punct
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 move	amod
9	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lock	conj

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

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