Test 2 · ★ · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d…
Bruv, why did the bear go into the woods?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bear · What happens: go · To what, where: woods
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 go | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 go | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 go | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bear | det |
| 6 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 go | nsubj |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 woods | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 woods | det |
| 10 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 go | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · do-support | the bear | the woods | Bruv vocative | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location |
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
To hide from the hunters who were chasing him all winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 hide | mark |
| 2 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 hunters | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hunters | det |
| 5 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hide | obl |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 chasing | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 chasing | aux |
| 8 | chasing | chase | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 hunters | acl:relcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 chasing | obj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 winter | det |
| 11 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hide | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | to-infinitive | the hunters | winter | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from hunter=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | chase | past · progressive | the hunters | him = he | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
To hunt for the wicked dwarf
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 hunt | mark |
| 2 | hunt | hunt | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 dwarf | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dwarf | det |
| 5 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dwarf | amod |
| 6 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hunt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | to-infinitive | for the wicked dwarf | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for dwarf=Theme |
Option 3
To chase the foxes away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 chase | mark |
| 2 | chase | chase | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 foxes | det |
| 4 | foxes | fox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 chase | obj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 chase | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase away | to-infinitive | the foxes | away property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
To guard his stash from the dwarfs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 guard | mark |
| 2 | guard | guard | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 stash | nmod:poss |
| 4 | stash | stash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 guard | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 dwarfs | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dwarfs | det |
| 7 | dwarfs | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 guard | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | to-infinitive | his stash | from the dwarfs | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent stash=Beneficiary from dwarf=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stash | his = he | nom stash «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
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