Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear…

lowkey, how did he handle those cats' claws?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lowkey · What happens: handle · To what, where: claws

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 103 «Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 6: the youth fights the cats and the wild bed in the castle» 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 handle	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lowkey	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 handle	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 handle	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 handle	nsubj
6	handle	handle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 cats	det
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 claws	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 cats	case
10	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 handle	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 handle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	past · do-support	lowkey	that cats's claws				lowkey vocative	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=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 · ← Mova's choice

he let them scratch him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	scratch	scratch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scratch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	he	them = they					tree rules
2	scratch	infinitive	them = they not said here	him = he					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

he trimmed them with scissors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trimmed	nsubj
2	trimmed	trim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trimmed	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 scissors	case
5	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trimmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trim	past	he	them = they				with scissors	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with scissors=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he screwed their feet to his board

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 screwed	nsubj
2	screwed	screw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feet	nmod:poss
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 screwed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 board	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 board	nmod:poss
7	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 screwed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	screw	past	he	their feet				to his board	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent foot=Patient to board=Co-Patient

Option 4

he gave them a manicure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 manicure	det
5	manicure	manicure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	a manicure	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient manicure=Theme

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