Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the…

so the miller got the donkeys, what did he do with them?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: miller · What happens: get, do · To what, where: donkeys

This is test 7 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 miller	det
3	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 donkeys	det
6	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 do	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 do	obj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 do	aux
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 do	nsubj
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 donkeys	acl:relcl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 do	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the miller	the donkeys					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer donkey=Stimulus
2	do	past · do-support	miller	the donkeys				with donkeys = donkey	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

gave them beatings and meals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 gave	obj
3	beatings	beating	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 gave	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 meals	cc
5	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 beatings	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past		them = they					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient beating=Theme

Option 2

he gave them beatings and meals and worked them hard at the mill every day

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	beatings	beating	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 meals	cc
6	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 beatings	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 worked	cc
8	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worked	obj
10	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 worked	xcomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 mill	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mill	det
13	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worked	obl
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	beatings and meals	them = they		day		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient beating=Theme
2	work	past	he not said here	beatings = beating		the mill		hard property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent they=Material

Option 3

he worked them hard all day

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 worked	nsubj
2	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 worked	obj
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 worked	advmod
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	he	them = they			day	hard property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent they=Material

Option 4

he sold the old one, beat the young one, and fed them both from his own barrel

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 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 one	amod
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 beat	punct
7	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sold	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 one	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 one	amod
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beat	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fed	cc
13	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sold	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fed	obj
15	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	13 fed	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	19 barrel	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 barrel	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 barrel	amod
19	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	sell	past	he	the old one		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
2	beat	past	he not said here	the young one		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme
3	feed	past	he not said here	them = they	his own barrel	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient both=Theme

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