Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the…

where did the wicked step-mom and step-sister end up?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wicked step mom · What happens: be, end up

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1577 «Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the true bride wins her king» 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	where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 where	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mom	det
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mom	amod
5	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mom	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 step	punct
7	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 where	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sister	cc
9	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sister	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 step	punct
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mom	conj
12	end	end	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 mom	parataxis
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 end	compound:prt
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 where	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the wicked step mom and step sister					where property	tree rules
2	end up	infinitive							vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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

locked up in the cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 locked	compound:prt
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 cellar	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cellar	det
5	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock up	participle				the cellar			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

flung into the snake pit with the wicked sister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	5 pit	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pit	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pit	compound
5	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 flung	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 sister	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sister	det
8	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sister	amod
9	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	participle				the snake pit with the wicked sister			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into pit=Destination

Option 3

flung into the snake pit to be eaten by snakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	5 pit	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pit	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pit	compound
5	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 flung	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	8 eaten	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 eaten	aux:pass
8	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pit	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 snakes	case
10	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	participle				the snake pit			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into pit=Destination
2	eat	to-infinitive · passive	snakes						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

flung into the snake pit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	5 pit	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pit	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pit	compound
5	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 flung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	participle				the snake pit			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into pit=Destination

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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