Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood:…

Yo, what did the scullion say to the duck about the baby?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: scullion · What happens: say · To what, where: duck · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	7 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scullion	det
6	scullion	scullion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 duck	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 duck	det
10	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 baby	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 baby	det
13	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 duck	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the scullion		the duck about the baby				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to duck=Recipient

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

Oh, it sleeps well, don't worry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	4 sleeps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oh	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleeps	nsubj
4	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 worry	advcl
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 sleeps	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sleeps	punct
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 worry	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 worry	advmod
9	worry	worry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	it					well property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not worry	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Oh, it sleeps soundly in its cradle, never fear, so don't you worry at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	4 sleeps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oh	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleeps	nsubj
4	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	4 sleeps	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 cradle	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cradle	nmod:poss
8	cradle	cradle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleeps	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fear	punct
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 fear	advmod
11	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 sleeps	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 do	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 do	advmod
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 worry	advcl
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 worry	advmod
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 worry	nsubj
17	worry	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sleeps	parataxis
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 worry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	it	its cradle	soundly property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cradle=Location
2	not fear	infinitive				vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	do	infinitive	you not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not worry	present	you	all		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Oh, it sleeps soundly, never fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	4 sleeps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oh	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleeps	nsubj
4	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	4 sleeps	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fear	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 fear	advmod
8	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 sleeps	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	it					soundly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not fear	infinitive							vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Oh, the baby is awake and crying all night long, so go back to the gutter

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	6 awake	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oh	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 awake	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 awake	cop
6	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 crying	cc
8	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 awake	conj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crying	obj
11	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 crying	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 awake	conj
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 gutter	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 gutter	det
18	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the baby		awake property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund	the baby not said here	night	long property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go back	infinitive	the baby not said here		to the gutter result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to gutter=Result

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