Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard…

ngl the bear just let the kids mess with him the whole time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, kids · What happens: ngl, let, mess · To what, where: bear

This is test 2 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bear	det
3	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ngl	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 let	advmod
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kids	det
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mess	nsubj
8	mess	mess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 let	parataxis
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 mess	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 time	amod
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mess	obl:unmarked
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ngl	infinitive	you not said here	the bear			tree rules
2	let	imperative	you not said here				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	mess	present	the kids		time	with him = he	tree rules

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, he roared at them and chased the whole family out of the house into the snow

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 roared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 roared	nsubj
4	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 roared	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 chased	cc
8	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 roared	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 family	amod
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chased	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	15 house	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 house	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chased	obl
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 snow	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 snow	det
18	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roar	past	he					at them = they	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at they=Location
2	chase	past	he not said here	the whole family		the house		into the snow	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent family=Theme out house=Trajectory

Option 2

yeah, he was pretty patient with them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 patient	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 patient	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 patient	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 patient	cop
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	6 patient	advmod
6	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 patient	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					with them = they; patient, pretty property	tree rules

Option 3

nah, he got grumpy and walked off outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walked	cc
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 walked	compound:prt
9	outside	outside	ADV	_	7 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he					grumpy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	walk off	past	he not said here					outside property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he was totally chill about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 chill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chill	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chill	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chill	cop
5	totally	totally	ADV	_	6 chill	advmod
6	chill	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chill	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					about it; chill, totally property	tree rules

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