Test 10 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

wait the bows broke for real? why did they break?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, bows · What happens: wait, break

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bows	det
3	bows	bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 broke	nsubj
4	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 real	case
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 broke	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 break	advmod
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 break	aux
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 break	nsubj
11	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	break	past	the bows	for real	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	break	past · do-support	bows = bow		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

The mouse had gnawed through them in the night before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouse	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gnawed	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gnawed	aux
4	gnawed	gnaw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gnawed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gnawed	obl
10	before	before	ADV	_	4 gnawed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gnaw	past · perfect · passive		the mouse			night	through them = they; before property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

They were chewed

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	3 chewed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chewed	aux:pass
3	chewed	chew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	past · passive		They					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They had been gnawed through

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	4 gnawed	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gnawed	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 gnawed	aux:pass
4	gnawed	gnaw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	4 gnawed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gnaw	past · perfect · passive		They					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

They had been cut apart

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	4 cut	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 cut	aux:pass
4	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	apart	apart	ADV	_	4 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · perfect · passive		They				apart property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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