Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the co…
Peak trolling, the wolf got his own axe?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Peak trolling · What happens: get · To what, where: own axe
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Peak | peak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 trolling | compound |
| 2 | trolling | trolling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wolf | det |
| 5 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 axe | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 axe | amod |
| 9 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Peak trolling | wolf's own axe | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer axe=Stimulus |
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 · ✓ the right answer
No, the dad had the axe, the mum had the scythe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dad | det |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 had | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 axe | det |
| 7 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 had | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 mum | det |
| 10 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 had | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 scythe | det |
| 13 | scythe | scythe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the dad | the axe | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | past | the mum | the scythe | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scythe=Patient |
Option 2
Yeah, the wolf grabbed the axe and the scythe too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 grabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 grabbed | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wolf | det |
| 4 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grabbed | nsubj |
| 5 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 axe | det |
| 7 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grabbed | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 scythe | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 scythe | det |
| 10 | scythe | scythe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 axe | conj |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 grabbed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | the wolf | the axe and the scythe | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme |
Option 3
No, the dad had the axe and the mum had the scythe, but the wolf stole the spade
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dad | det |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 axe | det |
| 7 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 had | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 mum | det |
| 10 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 had | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 had | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 scythe | det |
| 13 | scythe | scythe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 had | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 stole | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 stole | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 wolf | det |
| 17 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 stole | nsubj |
| 18 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 had | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 spade | det |
| 20 | spade | spade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 stole | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the dad | the axe | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | past | the mum | the scythe | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scythe=Patient | ||||
| 3 | steal | past | the wolf | the spade | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spade=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, the wolf had it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wolf | det |
| 4 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the wolf | it | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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