Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with l…

Mate, did the eagle actually nab him, or did he just get lucky?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: do, nab, get · To what, where: eagle

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1704 «Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with lynx claws, cuts the eagle's feet, and wins the Princess» 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	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eagle	det
5	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 nab	advmod
7	nab	nab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 nab	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 get	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 get	cc
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 get	aux
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 get	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 get	advmod
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 did	parataxis
15	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 get	xcomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	Mate	the eagle		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Eventuality
2	nab	present	Mate not said here	eagle	actually property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	get	past · do-support	Mate		lucky property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 cut its feet with a knife while it was flying above the mountain

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feet	nmod:poss
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 knife	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 knife	det
7	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 flying	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 flying	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 flying	aux
11	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cut	advcl
12	above	above	ADP	_	14 mountain	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mountain	det
14	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	He	its feet				with a knife	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient with knife=Instrument
2	fly	past · progressive	knife			the mountain			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above mountain=Location

Option 2

He got lucky when the bird tripped over a rock on the glass

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 tripped	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tripped	nsubj
7	tripped	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	advcl
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 rock	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rock	det
10	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tripped	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 glass	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 glass	det
13	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tripped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He	lucky					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lucky=Stimulus
2	trip	past	the bird			a rock		on the glass	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over rock=Trajectory

Option 3

He stabbed its wing

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 stabbed	nsubj
2	stabbed	stab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wing	nmod:poss
4	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stab	past	He	its wing					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient

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

He grabbed its feet

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 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feet	nmod:poss
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	He	its feet					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme

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