Test 11 · ★ · Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flo…
what got her out of the toad's grip, mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: toad · What happens: get, grip · To what, where: her, grip
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1740 «Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flower and a toad tries to steal her» 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | 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 got | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 grip | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 grip | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 toad | det |
| 7 | toad | toad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grip | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 toad | case |
| 9 | grip | grip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mate | punct |
| 11 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grip | vocative |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | her = she | the toad's grip | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | grip | the toad | nom grip «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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
A passing cockchafer that nibbled the stem of the lily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cockchafer | det |
| 2 | passing | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 cockchafer | amod |
| 3 | cockchafer | cockchafer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 nibbled | nsubj |
| 5 | nibbled | nibble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cockchafer | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stem | det |
| 7 | stem | stem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nibbled | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 lily | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lily | det |
| 10 | lily | lily | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stem | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | nibble | past | a passing cockchafer | the stem of the lily | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stem=Patient | ||||
| 3 | stem | the lily | nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Fishes pulling the leaf
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fishes | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | pulling | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Fishes | acl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 leaf | det |
| 4 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pulling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | gerund | Fishes not said here | the leaf | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Fishes nibbling the stem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fishes | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | nibbling | nibble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Fishes | acl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stem | det |
| 4 | stem | stem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 nibbling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nibble | gerund | Fishes not said here | the stem | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stem=Patient |
Option 4
Fishes nibbling the stem of the leaf until it broke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fishes | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 broke | nsubj |
| 2 | nibbling | nibble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Fishes | acl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stem | det |
| 4 | stem | stem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 nibbling | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 leaf | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 leaf | det |
| 7 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stem | nmod |
| 8 | until | until | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 nibbling | obl |
| 10 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nibble | gerund | Fishes not said here | the stem of the leaf | until leaf | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stem=Patient | |||
| 2 | break | past | Fishes | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | stem | the leaf | nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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