Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the c…

why'd the little man drag the boat back, sus?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little man · What happens: drag back · To what, where: boat

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 drag	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 drag	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drag	nsubj
6	drag	drag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boat	det
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drag	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	6 drag	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sus	punct
11	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drag	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 drag	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag back	infinitive	the little man	the boat				sus obl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

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

cause the boat's got a hole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 boat	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boat	det
3	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 got	aux
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hole	det
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive							vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	get	present · passive	the cause boat	a hole					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hole=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

cause Christian broke his promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Christian	Christian	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cause	ccomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 promise	nmod:poss
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	break	past	Christian	Christian's promise	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient
3	promise		Christian		nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

cause it's windy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 windy	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 windy	cop
4	windy	windy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cause	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	present	it					windy property	tree rules

Option 4

cause he was too slow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slow	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slow	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 slow	advmod
5	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cause	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he	cause not said here				slow property	tree rules

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