Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the youth ends his trial,…
lol why'd the youth chuck the cousin back in the box?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youth · What happens: chuck back · To what, where: cousin, box
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1436 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 1: the youth ends his trial, and the miller's daughter must spin gold for the King» 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 chuck | discourse |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 chuck | advmod |
| 3 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 5 youth | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 youth | det |
| 5 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 chuck | nsubj |
| 6 | chuck | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cousin | det |
| 8 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chuck | obj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 chuck | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 box | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 box | det |
| 12 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chuck | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 chuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck back | present | the youth | the cousin | the box | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme in box=Destination |
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
cuz he got too loud at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | cuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 loud | advmod |
| 5 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | cuz | night | loud property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
cuz the cousin started to threaten him and he got scared of getting choked to death
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | cuz | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cousin | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cousin | det |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 started | nsubj |
| 4 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 threaten | mark |
| 6 | threaten | threaten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 started | xcomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 threaten | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 got | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 started | conj |
| 11 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 got | xcomp |
| 12 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 14 choked | mark |
| 13 | getting | get | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 choked | aux:pass |
| 14 | choked | choke | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 scared | xcomp |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 death | case |
| 16 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 choked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | start | past | the cuz cousin | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | threaten | to-infinitive | the cuz cousin not said here | cousin | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | get | past | cousin | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | choke | gerund · passive | cousin not said here | to death result | vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V PP.result»: to death=Result |
Option 3
cuz he wanted to hide the coffin from the whole village before sunrise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | cuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hide | mark |
| 5 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 coffin | det |
| 7 | coffin | coffin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hide | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 village | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 village | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 village | amod |
| 11 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hide | obl |
| 12 | before | before | ADP | _ | 13 sunrise | case |
| 13 | sunrise | sunrise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | cuz | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hide not said to happen | to-infinitive | cuz not said here | the coffin | the whole village | sunrise | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent coffin=Patient from village=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
cuz he tried to strangle him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | cuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tried | nsubj |
| 3 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 cuz | acl:relcl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 strangle | mark |
| 5 | strangle | strangle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tried | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 strangle | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | he | cuz not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | strangle not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | him = he | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
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