Test 1 · ★ · Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard…
yo did the bear actually make them beat the snow outta his fur, or nah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo, them · What happens: do, make, beat · To what, where: bear, them, snow outta
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1474 «Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard is caught in a split tree» 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 | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bear | det |
| 4 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 make | advmod |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 did | advcl |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 make | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 outta | det |
| 10 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 outta | compound |
| 11 | outta | outta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 beat | obj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 fur | nmod:poss |
| 13 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 beat | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 nah | punct |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 nah | cc |
| 16 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 2 did | discourse |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | yo | the bear | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | make | infinitive | yo not said here | them = they | actually property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | beat | infinitive | them = they not said here | the snow outta | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent outta=Patient fur=Result |
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
nope, not really
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 really | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 1 nope | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
nah, they didn't
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 did | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | past | they | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, they brushed him dry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 brushed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 brushed | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 brushed | nsubj |
| 4 | brushed | brush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 brushed | obj |
| 6 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brushed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brush | past | they | him = he | dry property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination |
Option 4
kinda, they dusted him off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 4 dusted | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 kinda | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dusted | nsubj |
| 4 | dusted | dust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dusted | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 dusted | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dust off | past | they | him = he | kinda property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent he=Source |
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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