Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and…

Ok but why did the girl's ring get stuck, fr?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, get · To what, where: ring, stuck fr

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1533 «Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and a lost ring, slipper and circlet» 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	Ok	ok	INTJ	_	3 why	discourse
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	3 why	cc
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 why	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girl	det
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ring	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 girl	case
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
10	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fr	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stuck	punct
12	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the girl's ring					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Eventuality
2	get	present		stuck fr					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fr=Stimulus

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

Someone smeared tar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 smeared	nsubj
2	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smeared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smear	past	Someone	tar					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tar=Theme

Option 2

The latch was coated with tar by the guard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 latch	det
2	latch	latch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 coated	aux:pass
4	coated	coat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 tar	case
6	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coated	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 guard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guard	det
9	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coat	past · passive	the guard	the latch				with tar	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Destination with tar=Theme

Option 3

The latch was too tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 latch	det
2	latch	latch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tight	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tight	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 tight	advmod
5	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the latch					tight property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Prince had the latch smeared with tar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Prince	det
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 latch	det
5	latch	latch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smeared	nsubj
6	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 tar	case
8	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the Prince						tree rules
2	smear	past	the latch					with tar	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

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