Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1…

no cap, which thing did the guest want the farmer to fetch with the clasp knife

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap, guest, farmer · What happens: do, want, fetch · To what, where: farmer

This is test 3 · ★ 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 thing	det
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cap	conj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guest	det
8	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 want	nsubj
9	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 did	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 farmer	det
11	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 want	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 fetch	mark
13	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 want	xcomp
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 knife	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 knife	det
16	clasp	clasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 knife	compound
17	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	no cap and which thing			tree rules
2	want	present	the guest	the farmer		tree rules
3	fetch not said to happen	to-infinitive	the farmer not said here		with the clasp knife	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

two strong walking sticks and a bag of grain to help him get across the stream

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sticks	nummod
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sticks	amod
3	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sticks	compound
4	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bag	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bag	det
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sticks	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 grain	case
9	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bag	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 help	mark
11	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sticks	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 help	obj
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 help	xcomp
14	across	across	ADP	_	16 stream	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stream	det
16	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	to-infinitive		him = he					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	get	infinitive	him = he not said here			the stream			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across stream=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

two sticks to help him walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 sticks	nummod
2	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 help	mark
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sticks	acl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 help	obj
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	to-infinitive		him = he					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	walk	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

a long sturdy stick carved from the old fig tree so he could lean on it as he walked home

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stick	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stick	amod
3	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stick	amod
4	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stick	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tree	amod
9	fig	fig	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	compound
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carved	obl
11	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 lean	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lean	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 lean	aux
14	lean	lean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 carved	advcl
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lean	obl
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 walked	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 walked	nsubj
19	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 lean	advcl
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	carve	participle		a long sturdy stick not said here	the old fig tree		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lean	could	he		tree		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location
3	walk	past	he			home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

two sticks to make a fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 sticks	nummod
2	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 make	mark
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sticks	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		a fire					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product

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