Test 3 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's…

Bro, how did the cook actually catch her?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: catch · To what, where: her

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister'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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 catch	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 catch	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 catch	advmod
8	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 catch	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 catch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · do-support		her = she				Bro vocative; actually property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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

He trapped her with a box

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 trapped	nsubj
2	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trapped	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 box	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	participle	He	her = she				with a box	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 2

He chased her round the yard with a long wooden pole

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 chased	nsubj
2	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chased	obj
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 yard	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 yard	det
6	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 pole	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pole	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pole	amod
10	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pole	amod
11	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	He	her = she				round the yard; with a long wooden pole	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme round yard=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He nabbed her with a net

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 nabbed	nsubj
2	nabbed	nab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 nabbed	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 net	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 net	det
6	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nabbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nab	past	He	her = she				with a net	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He waited by the drain and caught her with a big cloth sack

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 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 drain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 drain	det
5	drain	drain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 caught	cc
7	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	conj
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 caught	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	13 sack	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sack	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sack	amod
12	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sack	compound
13	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	He					by the drain	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by drain=Location
2	catch	past	He not said here	her = she				with a big cloth sack	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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