Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trappe…

wait, why did the witch feel a bone instead of a finger?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, witch · What happens: wait, feel · To what, where: bone

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 101 «Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trapped by a witch in a sugar cottage» 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	_	7 feel	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 feel	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 feel	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	nsubj
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bone	det
9	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	obj
10	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	13 finger	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	10 instead	fixed
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 finger	det
13	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	feel	past · do-support	the witch	a bone				instead a finger	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=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

her fingers are too thin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 fingers	nmod:poss
2	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thin	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thin	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 thin	advmod
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	her fingers					thin property	tree rules

Option 2

her sight is poor now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sight	nmod:poss
2	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poor	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 poor	cop
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 poor	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	her sight				now	poor property	tree rules
2	sight		her = she						nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

her eyes are too weak to see the bone so she feels for things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weak	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 weak	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 weak	advmod
5	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 weak	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bone	det
9	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 feels	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 feels	nsubj
12	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 weak	advcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 things	case
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 feels	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	her eyes		weak property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	her eyes not said here	the bone		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Stimulus
3	feel	present	she		for things	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for thing=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

her eyes are too weak to see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weak	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 weak	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 weak	advmod
5	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 weak	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	her eyes					weak property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	her eyes not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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