Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the…

ok but how did the cloud get him off the mountain?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cloud · What happens: be, get · To what, where: him

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1688 «Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the faithless trio with magic cabbage» 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	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 get	cc
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 how	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cloud	det
6	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 how	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 ok	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 get	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	11 mountain	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mountain	det
11	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 ok	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the cloud					how property	tree rules
2	get	present		him = he				off the mountain	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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

it seized him with its huge claws and carried him down to the valley below

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seized	nsubj
2	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seized	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 claws	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 claws	nmod:poss
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 claws	amod
7	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 seized	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carried	cc
9	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seized	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carried	obj
11	down	down	ADP	_	9 carried	compound:prt
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 valley	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 valley	det
14	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl
15	below	below	ADV	_	14 valley	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	it	him = he				with its huge claws	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	carry down	past		him = he		the valley			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to valley=Destination

Option 2

it seized him in its great grip and carried him far away over the hills

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seized	nsubj
2	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seized	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 grip	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 grip	nmod:poss
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grip	amod
7	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seized	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carried	cc
9	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seized	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carried	obj
11	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 away	advmod
12	away	away	ADV	_	9 carried	advmod
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 hills	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hills	det
15	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	seize	past	it	him = he	its great grip		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	carry	past		him = he	the hills	away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	grip		its = it				nom grip «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

it snatched him and flew off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 snatched	nsubj
2	snatched	snatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 snatched	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 flew	cc
5	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 snatched	conj
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 flew	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snatch	past	it	him = he					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	fly off	past							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it seized him and carried him away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seized	nsubj
2	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seized	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 carried	cc
5	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seized	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carried	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	it	him = he					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	carry away	past		him = he				away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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