Test 9 · ★ · Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and…

Honestly, what made the apple bit come out?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: apple · What happens: make, bite, come out

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1579 «Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the wicked Queen's end» 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	Honestly	honestly	ADV	_	4 made	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Honestly	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 apple	det
6	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bit	nsubj
7	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	ccomp
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 bit	xcomp
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 come	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	make	past		honestly property	tree rules
2	bite	past	the apple		tree rules
3	come out	infinitive	the apple not said here	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

the coffin got jolted on a bush

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coffin	det
2	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jolted	nsubj:pass
3	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jolted	aux:pass
4	jolted	jolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 bush	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bush	det
7	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jolted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jolt	past · passive		the coffin		a bush			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the coffin got jolted when the Dwarfs stumbled over a bush in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coffin	det
2	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jolted	nsubj:pass
3	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jolted	aux:pass
4	jolted	jolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 stumbled	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dwarfs	det
7	Dwarfs	Dwarf	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 stumbled	nsubj
8	stumbled	stumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jolted	advcl
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 bush	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bush	det
11	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stumbled	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 forest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 forest	det
14	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stumbled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jolt	past · passive		the coffin					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	stumble	past	the Dwarfs			a bush		in the forest	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bush=Trajectory

Option 3

the coffin fell down the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coffin	det
2	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	6 hill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hill	det
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	past	the coffin	the hill					vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient hill=Result

Option 4

a sudden jolt on the path as the coffin was carried over a bush

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 jolt	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jolt	amod
3	jolt	jolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	nsubj:pass
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 path	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 path	det
6	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jolt	nmod
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 coffin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coffin	det
9	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 path	nmod
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 carried	aux:pass
11	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 bush	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bush	det
14	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · passive		a sudden jolt on the path as the coffin		a bush			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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