Test 6 · ★ · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…

What did he offer the thieves about the pastor?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: offer · To what, where: thieves

This is test 6 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 offer	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 offer	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 offer	nsubj
4	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thieves	det
6	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 offer	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 pastor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pastor	det
9	pastor	pastor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thieves	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 offer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past · do-support	he	the thieves				about the pastor	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent what=Goal thief=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

He would help them get the gold

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 help	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 help	obj
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 help	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gold	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would	He	them = they					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	get	infinitive	them = they not said here	the gold					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He could help them, I got you

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 help	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 help	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 help	conj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	could	He	them = they					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary
2	get	past	I	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 3

He told them he could help them grab all the pastor's silver, gold, and jewelry through the window

The tree, 19 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	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 help	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 help	aux
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	ccomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 help	obj
8	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 help	xcomp
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 silver	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pastor	det
11	pastor	pastor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 silver	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 pastor	case
13	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grab	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gold	punct
15	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 silver	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 jewelry	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 jewelry	cc
18	jewelry	jewelry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	conj
19	through	through	ADP	_	21 window	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 window	det
21	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		them = they	the window	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	help	could	he	them = they			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	grab	infinitive	them = they not said here	the pastor's silver and gold			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Theme

Option 4

He offered to steal the pastor's horse and cart and drive them to the market himself

The tree, 17 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	2 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 steal	mark
4	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 offered	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pastor	det
6	pastor	pastor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 horse	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 pastor	case
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steal	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cart	cc
10	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 horse	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 drive	cc
12	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 steal	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 drive	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 market	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 market	det
16	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drive	obl
17	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	16 market	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	offer	past	He			tree rules
2	steal not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the pastor's horse and cart		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme
3	drive	infinitive	He not said here	horse	the market pastor	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to market=Trajectory

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