Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new he…

Mate, how did the strong bloke carry all that stuff?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: strong bloke · What happens: carry · To what, where: stuff

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1643 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new helpers join the ship and the king's fleet is blinded by fog» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 carry	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 carry	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 carry	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bloke	det
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bloke	amod
7	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carry	nsubj
8	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mate	conj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 stuff	det:predet
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 stuff	det
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carry	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · do-support	the strong bloke	all stuff					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=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 · ✓ the right answer

He piled everything on his back, even the crown

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 piled	nsubj
2	piled	pile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 piled	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 back	nmod:poss
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 piled	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 crown	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	10 crown	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crown	det
10	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 piled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pile	past	He	everything		his back		the crown obl	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent everything=Theme on back=Destination

Option 2

He stacked it all on his shoulders and a horse

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 stacked	nsubj
2	stacked	stack	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 stacked	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 it	det
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 shoulders	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 shoulders	nmod:poss
7	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stacked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 horse	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 horse	det
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shoulders	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stack	past	He	it		his shoulders and a horse			vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on shoulder=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He carried the chairs and tables out first then went back for the wardrobes and the crown

The tree, 17 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 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chairs	det
4	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carried	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tables	cc
6	tables	table	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chairs	conj
7	out	out	ADV	_	2 carried	advmod
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 went	advmod
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 went	advmod
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 carried	advcl
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 went	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 wardrobes	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wardrobes	det
14	wardrobes	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 went	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 crown	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 crown	det
17	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wardrobes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	the chairs and tables				out property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme
2	go back	past	He not said here				then	for the wardrobes and the crown; first property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He piled everything on his back, then he balanced the crown on top of the pile

The tree, 16 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 piled	nsubj
2	piled	pile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 piled	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 back	nmod:poss
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 piled	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 balanced	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 balanced	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 balanced	nsubj
10	balanced	balance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 piled	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 crown	det
12	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 balanced	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 top	case
14	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 balanced	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 pile	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pile	det
17	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 top	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pile	past	He	everything		his back			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent everything=Theme on back=Destination
2	balance	past	he	the crown		top of the pile	then		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme on top=Location

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