Test 3 · ★ · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d…

Mate, who was doing the dragging at the brook?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: do, drag · To what, where: brook

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 doing	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 doing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 doing	aux
5	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Mate	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dragging	det
7	dragging	drag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 doing	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 brook	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 brook	det
10	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dragging	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	Mate						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drag	gerund	Mate not said here			the brook			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at brook=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 · ✓ the right answer

The fish dragged the dwarf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dragged	nsubj
3	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dwarf	det
5	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dragged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past	the fish	the dwarf					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Theme

Option 2

The strong current of the brook dragged the dwarf's whole body downstream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 current	det
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 current	amod
3	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dragged	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 brook	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brook	det
6	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 current	nmod
7	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dwarf	det
9	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 body	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dwarf	case
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 body	amod
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dragged	obj
13	downstream	downstream	ADV	_	7 dragged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past	the strong current of the brook	the dwarf's whole body				downstream property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The big fish pulled the dwarf's beard and his boat right into the reeds

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fish	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fish	amod
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	nsubj
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dwarf	det
6	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beard	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 dwarf	case
8	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 boat	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 boat	nmod:poss
11	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beard	conj
12	right	right	ADV	_	15 reeds	advmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 reeds	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 reeds	det
15	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	the big fish	the dwarf's beard and fish's boat		the reeds			vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Theme

Option 4

The eagle carried the girls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girls	det
5	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the eagle	the girls					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme

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