Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los…

deadass, how did Little Thumb not get lost in the forest?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: not lose · To what, where: deadass, forest

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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	deadass	deadass	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 lost	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux
5	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Thumb	amod
6	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 lost	advmod
8	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 lost	aux:pass
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 forest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forest	det
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lose	past · passive · do-support		deadass		the forest			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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

He just got lucky and ran into a farm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 got	advmod
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ran	cc
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	conj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 farm	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 farm	det
9	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He	lucky					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lucky=Stimulus
2	run	past	He not said here					into a farm result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into farm=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He dropped white pebbles all along the path

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pebbles	amod
4	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dropped	obj
5	all	all	ADV	_	2 dropped	advmod
6	along	along	ADP	_	8 path	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 path	det
8	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	white pebbles		the path		all property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme along path=Destination

Option 3

He had a map his dad drew for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 map	det
4	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dad	nmod:poss
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drew	nsubj
7	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 map	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	a map					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Patient
2	draw	past	his dad	a map not said here				for him = he	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent map=Result for he=Beneficiary

Option 4

He followed a bird that knew the way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 knew	nsubj
6	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bird	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	He	a bird					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
2	know	past	a bird	the way					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

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