Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…
Did the wicked stepmother get off scot-free or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, get off · To what, where: wicked stepmother
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» 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 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stepmother | det |
| 3 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stepmother | amod |
| 4 | stepmother | stepmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Did | conj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 get | compound:prt |
| 7 | scot | scot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 free | nsubj |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 free | punct |
| 9 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 get | xcomp |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 what | cc |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 free | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the wicked stepmother | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stepmother=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | get off | infinitive | free property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Nah, she got put in a barrel full of nails and rolled down a hill into the river
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 put | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 put | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | aux:pass |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 barrel | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 barrel | det |
| 8 | barrel | barrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 barrel | amod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 nails | case |
| 11 | nails | nail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 full | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 rolled | cc |
| 13 | rolled | roll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 put | conj |
| 14 | down | down | ADP | _ | 13 rolled | compound:prt |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 hill | det |
| 16 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rolled | obl |
| 17 | into | into | ADP | _ | 19 river | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 river | det |
| 19 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past · passive | she | a barrel | into the river | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in barrel=Destination | |||
| 2 | roll down | participle | a hill | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, she got rolled down a hill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 rolled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rolled | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rolled | aux:pass |
| 5 | rolled | roll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 rolled | compound:prt |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hill | det |
| 8 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rolled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll down | past · passive | she | a hill obl | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent |
Option 3
Nah, they got banished to the north
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 banished | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 banished | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 banished | aux:pass |
| 5 | banished | banish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 north | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 north | det |
| 8 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 banished | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | banish | past · passive | they | the north | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to north=Destination |
Option 4
Yeah, they got put in a cask
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 put | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 put | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | aux:pass |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cask | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cask | det |
| 8 | cask | cask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past · passive | they | a cask | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in cask=Destination |
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