Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, par…
yo why did the stepmum make her wear a paper cloak?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo, stepmum, her · What happens: do, make, wear · To what, where: her, paper cloak
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 127 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, part 1: a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow for strawberries» 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 | yo | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 1 yo | advmod |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stepmum | det |
| 5 | stepmum | stepmum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 make | xcomp |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cloak | det |
| 10 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cloak | compound |
| 11 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wear | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | yo | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | present | the stepmum | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | wear | infinitive | her = she not said here | a paper cloak | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=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 · ← Mova's choice
cos she had no spare coat left
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 coat | det |
| 5 | spare | spare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 coat | amod |
| 6 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 7 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 coat | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | cos | no spare coat | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient | ||||
| 2 | leave | participle | no spare coat not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
cos the girl had stolen the family's best wool cloak and sold it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stolen | aux |
| 5 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 cos | ccomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 family | det |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cloak | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 family | case |
| 9 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 cloak | amod |
| 10 | wool | wool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cloak | compound |
| 11 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stolen | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sold | cc |
| 13 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 cos | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | steal | past · perfect · passive | the girl | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary cloak=Theme | |||||
| 3 | sell | past | you not said here | cloak | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
cos she wanted the real cloak for her own daughter who was cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cloak | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cloak | amod |
| 6 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 daughter | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 daughter | amod |
| 10 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obl |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 cold | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 cold | cop |
| 13 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 daughter | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | cos | the real cloak | for cos's own daughter | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cloak=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | past | cos's own daughter | cold property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
cos she wanted her frozen out there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 frozen | nmod:poss |
| 5 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 frozen | advmod |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 frozen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | cos | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | freeze out not said to happen | participle | cos not said here | there | out property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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