Test 14 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1…

bro how did the demon deal with the 50 arrows

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: do · To what, where: demon deal

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	1 bro	advmod
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deal	det
5	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deal	compound
6	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 arrows	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 arrows	det
9	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 arrows	nummod
10	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	bro	the demon deal				with the 50 arrows	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=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 · ✓ the right answer

snapped them off and tossed them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	snapped	snap	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 snapped	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 snapped	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 tossed	cc
5	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 snapped	conj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tossed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap off	past		them = they					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme
2	toss	past		them = they					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

he broke them and threw them

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 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	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 broke	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 threw	cc
5	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 broke	conj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 threw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	he	them = they					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient
2	throw	past	he not said here	them = they					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

he tried to bite the arrows in two, then spat the pieces out and threw them away into the grass

The tree, 20 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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 bite	mark
4	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 arrows	det
6	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bite	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 two	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 bite	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 spat	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 spat	advmod
11	spat	spat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bite	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pieces	det
13	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 spat	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	11 spat	compound:prt
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 threw	cc
16	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	conj
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 threw	obj
18	away	away	ADV	_	16 threw	advmod
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 grass	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 grass	det
21	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	he					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	bite not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the arrows	two			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient in two=Location
3	spat out	infinitive	he not said here	the pieces		then		tree rules
4	throw away	past	he not said here	pieces = piece			into the grass result; away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into grass=Result

Option 4

he snapped the arrows off with his fingers and flung the broken shafts down onto the ground

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 snapped	nsubj
2	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 arrows	det
4	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 snapped	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	2 snapped	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 fingers	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fingers	nmod:poss
8	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 snapped	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 flung	cc
10	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 snapped	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shafts	det
12	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 shafts	amod
13	shafts	shaft	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 flung	obj
14	down	down	ADV	_	10 flung	advmod
15	onto	onto	ADP	_	17 ground	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ground	det
17	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	snap off	past	he	the arrows		with his fingers	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient with finger=Instrument
2	fling	past	he not said here	the broken shafts	the ground	down property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shaft=Theme onto ground=Destination
3	break	participle					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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