Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the co…

Lowkey, why did the thieves bolt?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lowkey · What happens: do · To what, where: thieves bolt

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 119 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the cow swallows him, and a wolf is cut open» 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lowkey	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bolt	det
6	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bolt	compound
7	bolt	bolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Lowkey	the thieves bolt					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolt=Eventuality

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

Because the thieves had robbed the king and feared the Wild Huntsman was after them

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 robbed	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 thieves	det
3	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 robbed	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 robbed	aux
5	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 feared	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 robbed	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 feared	cc
9	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Huntsman	det
11	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	12 Huntsman	flat
12	Huntsman	Huntsman	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 feared	obj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 them	cop
14	after	after	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 Huntsman	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	rob	past · perfect · passive	the thieves		tree rules
2	fear	past	the Wild Huntsman		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer huntsman=Stimulus
3	is	past		after thieves = thief	tree rules

Option 2

They heard the Wild Huntsman coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Huntsman	det
4	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	5 Huntsman	flat
5	Huntsman	Huntsman	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
6	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 heard	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	They	the Wild Huntsman					tree rules
2	come	gerund	the Wild Huntsman not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They thought the Wild Huntsman was after them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Huntsman	det
4	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	5 Huntsman	flat
5	Huntsman	Huntsman	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thought	obj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 them	cop
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 Huntsman	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They	the Wild Huntsman					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot huntsman=Theme
2	is	past					after them = they		tree rules

Option 4

Cause they reckoned the Wild Huntsman and his hounds were right behind them on the road

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckoned	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reckoned	nsubj
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Huntsman	det
5	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	6 Huntsman	flat
6	Huntsman	Huntsman	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reckoned	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 them	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hounds	nmod:poss
9	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 them	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 them	cop
11	right	right	ADV	_	13 them	advmod
12	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Huntsman	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 road	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 road	det
16	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	Cause	the Wild Huntsman		the road			tree rules
2	is	past	Cause's hounds					behind hounds = hound; right property	tree rules

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