Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood:…
Lol, did the stepmother get what she deserved in the end?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stepmother · What happens: get, deserve · To what, where: end
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1559 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood: a kind girl and a rude girl get very different gifts» 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 | Lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lol | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stepmother | det |
| 5 | stepmother | stepmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 deserved | obj |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 deserved | nsubj |
| 9 | deserved | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | ccomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deserved | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | the stepmother | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | deserve | past | stepmother | in the end | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she got rolled down the hill in nails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 rolled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rolled | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rolled | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rolled | aux:pass |
| 5 | rolled | roll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 hill | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hill | det |
| 8 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rolled | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 nails | case |
| 10 | nails | nail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rolled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll down | past · passive | she | nails | down the hill | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme hill=Result |
Option 2
Nah, she got off and walked free home
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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 got | compound:prt |
| 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 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 home | amod |
| 9 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 walked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get off | past | she | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | walk | past | she not said here | free home | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme home=Trajectory |
Option 3
Nah, she escaped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 escaped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 escaped | nsubj |
| 4 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past | she | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she was thrown in a pit of snakes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 thrown | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 thrown | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 thrown | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 thrown | aux:pass |
| 5 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 pit | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pit | det |
| 8 | pit | pit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thrown | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 snakes | case |
| 10 | snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past · passive | she | a pit of snakes | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in pit=Destination |
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