Test 1 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds…

yo so why couldn't little thumb grab his pebbles this time, was the door locked or nah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: little thumb · What happens: not grab, be, lock · To what, where: pebbles, yo door

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1088 «Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds eat the bread, a storm in the night» 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	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 door	compound
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 grab	mark
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 grab	advmod
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 grab	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 grab	advmod
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thumb	amod
7	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grab	nsubj
8	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 yo	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pebbles	nmod:poss
10	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grab	obj
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 time	det
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grab	obl:unmarked
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 door	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 door	det
16	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 locked	nsubj:pass
17	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 nah	cc
19	nah	nah	INTJ	_	17 locked	discourse
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 locked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	not grab	could	little thumb	thumb's pebbles	time	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme
2	is a	past		the yo door		tree rules
3	lock	participle · passive		the yo door		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

yeah the door was locked from inside by dad, twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 locked	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locked	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 locked	aux:pass
5	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 inside	case
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 locked	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 dad	case
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locked	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 twice	punct
11	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 locked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · passive	dad	the door				twice property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the door was double-locked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 door	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 locked	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 locked	aux:pass
4	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 locked	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 double	punct
6	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · passive		the door					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

the gate was chained tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gate	det
2	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chained	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chained	aux:pass
4	chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chained	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chain	past · passive		the gate				tight property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

nah the door was double-locked and the key was hidden under the mat by mom

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 locked	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 locked	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 locked	aux:pass
5	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 locked	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 double	punct
7	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hidden	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 key	det
10	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hidden	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 hidden	aux:pass
12	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 locked	conj
13	under	under	ADP	_	15 mat	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mat	det
15	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hidden	obl
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 mom	case
17	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · passive		the door					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	hide	past · passive	mom	the key		the mat			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Patient under mat=Location

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