Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the co…

Wait, what's a midden, fam?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: midden

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 midden	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 midden	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 midden	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 midden	det
6	midden	midden	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fam	punct
8	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 midden	conj
9	?	?	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	is a	present		a midden and fam					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

A pile where they throw the dung

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pile	det
2	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 throw	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 throw	nsubj
5	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pile	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dung	det
7	dung	dung	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	they	the dung					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dung=Theme

Option 2

A big dung heap out back where the cow's stomach and other rubbish get chucked

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 heap	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 heap	amod
3	dung	dung	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heap	compound
4	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	out	out	ADV	_	6 back	advmod
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 heap	advmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 chucked	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cow	det
9	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stomach	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 cow	case
11	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 chucked	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rubbish	cc
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 rubbish	amod
14	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stomach	conj
15	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 chucked	aux:pass
16	chucked	chuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 heap	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	present · passive		the cow's stomach and other rubbish					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A dung heap where the stomach got chucked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 heap	det
2	dung	dung	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heap	compound
3	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 chucked	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stomach	det
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chucked	nsubj:pass
7	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chucked	aux:pass
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 heap	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past · passive		the stomach					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

A deep stone pit beside the mill where all the wolf's leftovers get dumped every week

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pit	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pit	amod
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pit	compound
4	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 mill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mill	det
7	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pit	nmod
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 dumped	advmod
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 leftovers	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wolf	det
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leftovers	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 wolf	case
13	leftovers	leftover	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 dumped	nsubj:pass
14	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 dumped	aux:pass
15	dumped	dump	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pit	acl:relcl
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 week	det
17	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dumped	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dump	present · passive		the wolf's leftovers			week		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme

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