Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings…
Wait, did the last bell ringer just do a runner, like totally vanish?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do, vanish · To what, where: last bell ringer, runner
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1799 «Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings the bells, outwits the headless dwarves, then rides off through snow» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | conj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ringer | det |
| 5 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ringer | amod |
| 6 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ringer | compound |
| 7 | ringer | ringer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 do | advmod |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 runner | det |
| 11 | runner | runner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 do | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 vanish | punct |
| 13 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 15 vanish | mark |
| 14 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 15 vanish | advmod |
| 15 | vanish | vanish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do | past | you not said here | the last bell ringer | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ringer=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | do | present | you not said here | a runner | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent runner=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | vanish | infinitive | totally property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he vanished into thin air and the whole village reckons the minister ate him for dinner
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 vanished | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 vanished | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 vanished | nsubj |
| 4 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 6 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 air | amod |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 vanished | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 reckons | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 village | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 village | amod |
| 11 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 reckons | nsubj |
| 12 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 vanished | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 minister | det |
| 14 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ate | nsubj |
| 15 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 reckons | ccomp |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 ate | obj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 dinner | case |
| 18 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | past | he | thin air | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reckon | present | the whole village | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | eat | past | the minister | village | for dinner | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 2
Nah, he's hiding up in the bell tower with the headless bloke and the dwarves
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 hiding | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hiding | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hiding | aux |
| 5 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 hiding | compound:prt |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 tower | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tower | det |
| 9 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tower | compound |
| 10 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hiding | obl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 bloke | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bloke | det |
| 13 | headless | headless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 bloke | amod |
| 14 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hiding | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 dwarves | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 dwarves | det |
| 17 | dwarves | dwarve | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 bloke | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide up | present · progressive | he | the bell tower | with the headless bloke and the dwarves | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tower=Location |
Option 3
Yeah, he went off to the pub
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 went | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 pub | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pub | det |
| 8 | pub | pub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go off | past | he | to the pub | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he vanished into thin air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 vanished | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 vanished | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 vanished | nsubj |
| 4 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 6 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 air | amod |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 vanished | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | past | he | thin air | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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