Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks…

how'd he get the corn all clean then, dead easy?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: get · To what, where: corn

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1631 «Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks the iron staffs, and threshes the squire's grain» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corn	det
6	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 clean	det
8	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 easy	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 then	punct
11	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 easy	amod
12	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	he	the corn				clean property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer corn=Stimulus

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

he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer over the whole pile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blew	nsubj
2	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chaff	det
4	chaff	chaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blew	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blew	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 hairdryer	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hairdryer	det
9	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hairdryer	amod
10	hairdryer	hairdryer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blew	obl
11	over	over	ADP	_	14 pile	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pile	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pile	amod
14	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	he	the chaff		the whole pile		off chaff; like a giant hairdryer	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent chaff=Patient off it=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blew	nsubj
2	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chaff	det
4	chaff	chaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blew	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blew	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 hairdryer	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hairdryer	det
9	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hairdryer	amod
10	hairdryer	hairdryer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	he	the chaff				off chaff; like a giant hairdryer	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent chaff=Patient off it=Co-Patient

Option 3

he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer till the barn was clear

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blew	nsubj
2	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chaff	det
4	chaff	chaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blew	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blew	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 hairdryer	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hairdryer	det
9	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hairdryer	amod
10	hairdryer	hairdryer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blew	obl
11	till	till	SCONJ	_	15 clear	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 barn	det
13	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 clear	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 clear	cop
15	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 blew	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	he	the chaff				off chaff; like a giant hairdryer	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent chaff=Patient off it=Co-Patient
2	is	past	the barn					clear property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he sieved it through a giant basket on the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sieved	nsubj
2	sieved	sieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sieved	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 basket	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 basket	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 basket	amod
7	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sieved	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 floor	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 basket	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sieve	past	he	it		a giant basket on the floor			vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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