Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170:…

so what did the nobleman do for the old lady?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nobleman · What happens: do

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 959 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party» 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	so	so	ADV	_	3 did	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 nobleman	det
5	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 lady	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lady	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lady	amod
10	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the nobleman					for the old lady	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

went downstairs to save her the long walk up the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	downstairs	downstairs	ADV	_	1 went	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 save	mark
4	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 went	advcl
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 save	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walk	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 walk	amod
8	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 save	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past						downstairs property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	save	to-infinitive		the long walk	her = she				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary walk=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

went to see her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 see	mark
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 went	xcomp
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past							vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	to-infinitive		her = she					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 3

went downstairs himself to save her the walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	downstairs	downstairs	ADV	_	1 went	advmod
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 went	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 save	mark
5	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 went	advcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 save	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walk	det
8	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past		himself = he				downstairs property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	save	to-infinitive		the walk	her = she				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary walk=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

went downstairs to save her the walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	downstairs	downstairs	ADV	_	1 went	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 save	mark
4	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 went	advcl
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 save	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 walk	det
7	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past						downstairs property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	save	to-infinitive		the walk	her = she				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary walk=Theme

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