Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…
Wait, didn't the older brothers get away scot-free?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, older brothers · What happens: wait, do, not get
This is test 10 · ★ 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 | _ | 3 did | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | conj |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 get | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 brothers | det |
| 6 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 brothers | amod |
| 7 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 get | nsubj |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | advcl |
| 9 | away | away | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 get | xcomp |
| 10 | scot | scot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 free | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 scot | punct |
| 12 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 away | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | 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 | do | past | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not get | present | the older brothers | away property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Yup, they bolted on a ship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bolted | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yup | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bolted | nsubj |
| 4 | bolted | bolt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 ship | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ship | det |
| 7 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bolted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bolt | past | they | Yup | a ship | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ship=Trajectory |
Option 2
Yup, they left on a boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yup | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 left | nsubj |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 boat | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 boat | det |
| 7 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | Yup | a boat | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on boat=Location |
Option 3
Yup, they fled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fled | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yup | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fled | nsubj |
| 4 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | they | Yup vocative | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nope, caught
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 3 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | participle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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