Test 4 · ★ · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…
Did the two men actually catch him in the hole?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two men · What happens: do, catch · To what, where: him, hole
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 men | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 men | nummod |
| 4 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 catch | nsubj |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 catch | advmod |
| 6 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Did | parataxis |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 catch | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 hole | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hole | det |
| 10 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 catch | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | catch | present | the two men | him = he | the hole | actually property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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
Yep, they reached right in and grabbed him, then carried him off to the market square
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 reached | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reached | nsubj |
| 4 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 6 in | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 reached | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 grabbed | cc |
| 8 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reached | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 grabbed | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 carried | punct |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 carried | advmod |
| 12 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reached | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 carried | obj |
| 14 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 carried | compound:prt |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 square | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 square | det |
| 17 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 square | compound |
| 18 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | they | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | grab | past | they not said here | him = he | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | carry off | past | they not said here | him = he | the market square | then | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to square=Destination |
Option 2
Yes, they caught him in there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 caught | nsubj |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 caught | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 there | case |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | they | him = he | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nope, they got zero, total fail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | zero | zero | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fail | punct |
| 7 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fail | amod |
| 8 | fail | fail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | they | zero | total fail obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer zero=Stimulus |
Option 4
Nope, they dug in there for hours but they still couldn't find him, so they gave up totally
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 dug | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dug | nsubj |
| 4 | dug | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 there | case |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 dug | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 hours | case |
| 8 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dug | obl |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 find | cc |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 find | nsubj |
| 11 | still | still | ADV | _ | 14 find | advmod |
| 12 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 find | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 find | advmod |
| 14 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 dug | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 find | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 gave | punct |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 gave | advmod |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 gave | nsubj |
| 19 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dug | conj |
| 20 | up | up | ADP | _ | 19 gave | compound:prt |
| 21 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 19 gave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | past | they | hour | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in there=Location | ||||
| 2 | not find | could | they | him = he | still | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | |||
| 3 | give up | past | they | totally property | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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