Test 1 · ★ · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…
Wait, so the tiny dude drove the horse from INSIDE its ear, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, tiny dude · What happens: wait, drive · To what, where: horse, ear
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 118 «Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, and offers to help thieves rob a pastor» 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 drove | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 drove | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dude | det |
| 5 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dude | amod |
| 6 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drove | nsubj |
| 7 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 horse | det |
| 9 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drove | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 ear | case |
| 11 | INSIDE | inside | ADP | _ | 13 ear | case |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 ear | nmod:poss |
| 13 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drove | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 drove | punct |
| 15 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 1 Wait | discourse |
| 16 | ? | ? | 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 | drive | past | the tiny dude | the horse | dude's ear | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme from ear=Trajectory |
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
Yeah, he shouted go from inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 shouted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shouted | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shouted | nsubj |
| 4 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 shouted | ccomp |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 inside | case |
| 7 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 5 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past | he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from inside=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Yep, he called out whoa from his perch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 called | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 called | nsubj |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 called | compound:prt |
| 6 | whoa | whoa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | xcomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 perch | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 perch | nmod:poss |
| 9 | perch | perch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call out speech: assert | past | he | whoa | his perch | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from perch=Source |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yep, he yelled gee up from the ear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 yelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | nsubj |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | gee | gee | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 yelled | ccomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 gee | compound:prt |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 ear | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ear | det |
| 9 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gee | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | past | he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | gee up | infinitive | the ear | tree rules |
Option 4
Yep, he yelled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 yelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yelled | nsubj |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | past | he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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