Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard…
wait, was the dwarf's beard stuck in the tree, or nah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: beard
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 beard | punct |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 beard | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dwarf | det |
| 5 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beard | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 dwarf | case |
| 7 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 8 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 beard | amod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 tree | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tree | det |
| 11 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stuck | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 nah | punct |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 nah | cc |
| 14 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 1 wait | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | the dwarf's beard | 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
yeah, the wind had wedged it tight in the trunk of the old tree
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 wedged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 wedged | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wind | det |
| 4 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wedged | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 wedged | aux |
| 6 | wedged | wedge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wedged | obj |
| 8 | tight | tight | ADV | _ | 6 wedged | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 trunk | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 trunk | det |
| 11 | trunk | trunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wedged | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 tree | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tree | det |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 tree | amod |
| 15 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 trunk | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wedge | past · perfect · passive | the wind | the trunk of the old tree | tight property | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination |
Option 2
nah, the dwarf had pulled it out and wrapped it around his waist long ago
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 pulled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dwarf | det |
| 4 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 pulled | aux |
| 6 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pulled | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 pulled | compound:prt |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 wrapped | cc |
| 10 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 pulled | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 wrapped | obj |
| 12 | around | around | ADP | _ | 14 waist | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 waist | nmod:poss |
| 14 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wrapped | obl |
| 15 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 ago | advmod |
| 16 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 10 wrapped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | past · perfect · passive | the dwarf | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | wrap | past | dwarf | his waist | ago property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme around waist=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, it was jammed in a crack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 jammed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 jammed | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 jammed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 jammed | aux:pass |
| 5 | jammed | jam | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 crack | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 crack | det |
| 8 | crack | crack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jammed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jam | past · passive | it | a crack | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in crack=Destination |
Option 4
yeah, it was stuck in a hole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 stuck | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stuck | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stuck | cop |
| 5 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 hole | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hole | det |
| 8 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stuck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | a hole | stuck property | tree rules |
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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