Test 12 · ★ · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…

Why was the forest walk so scary for the dude?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: forest walk

This is test 12 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 walk	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 walk	det
4	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	compound
5	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 scary	advmod
7	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 walk	amod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 dude	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dude	det
10	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scary	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the forest walk					tree rules

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 was scared because wolves might come out of the trees and eat him whole in one bite

The tree, 18 words

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	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 come	mark
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 come	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 scared	ccomp
8	out	out	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 trees	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trees	det
11	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 come	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 eat	cc
13	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eat	obj
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 eat	xcomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 bite	case
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 bite	nummod
18	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			scared property	tree rules
2	come out	might	wolves			of the trees; out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
3	eat	present	He not said here	him = he	one bite	whole property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

Walking in the dark is risky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 risky	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 dark	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dark	det
4	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walking	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 risky	cop
6	risky	risky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund				the dark			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory
2	is	present	Walking					risky property	tree rules

Option 3

Walking in the dark can break your neck because the roots and rocks are hidden from view

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 break	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 dark	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dark	det
4	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walking	obl
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 break	aux
6	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 neck	nmod:poss
8	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 break	obj
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 hidden	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roots	det
11	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 hidden	nsubj:pass
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rocks	cc
13	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 roots	conj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 hidden	aux:pass
15	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 break	advcl
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 view	case
17	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	walk	gerund			the dark	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory
2	break	can	Walking	your neck		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient
3	hide	present · passive		the roots and rocks	view	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from view=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Walking in the dark breaks necks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 breaks	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 dark	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dark	det
4	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walking	obl
5	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	necks	neck	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 breaks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund				the dark			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory
2	break	present	Walking	necks					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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