Test 8 · ★ · Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolveri…

so why couldn't the wolverine just climb up after her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: climb up · To what, where: wolverine

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1226 «Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks a bear up a tree after a rock, lightning and a torn coat» 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	so	so	ADV	_	8 climb	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 wolverine	advmod
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wolverine	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 wolverine	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolverine	det
6	wolverine	wolverine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 climb	obl
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 climb	advmod
8	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 climb	compound:prt
10	after	after	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 climb	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 climb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb up	present		the wolverine			after wolverine		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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

the branches were too thin to hold him up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 branches	det
2	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thin	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thin	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 thin	advmod
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hold	mark
7	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thin	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hold	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 hold	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the branches					thin property	tree rules
2	hold up	to-infinitive	the branches not said here	him = he					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 2

his arms were too short

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 arms	nmod:poss
2	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 short	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 short	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 short	advmod
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his arms					short property	tree rules

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

he could not climb trees

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	4 climb	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 climb	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 climb	advmod
4	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 climb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not climb	could	he	trees					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme

Option 4

the bear had hidden the ladder and he was too heavy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hidden	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hidden	aux
4	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ladder	det
6	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hidden	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 heavy	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 heavy	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 heavy	cop
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 heavy	advmod
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hidden	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · perfect · passive		the bear					tree rules
2	is	past	he					heavy property	tree rules

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