Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Children, part 68: the gol…

Mate, why did the first brother bottle it and head home?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: do, bottle

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1931 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Children, part 68: the golden lad is turned to stone» 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	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bottle	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 bottle	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bottle	compound
8	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bottle	nsubj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 head	cc
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bottle	conj
12	home	home	ADV	_	4 did	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Mate					home property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bottle		Mate						tree rules

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

the folk at the inn were taking the mick out of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 folk	det
2	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taking	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 inn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 inn	det
5	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 folk	nmod
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taking	aux
7	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mick	det
9	mick	mick	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taking	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	12 them	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 taking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · progressive	the folk at the inn	the mick				out them = they	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent mick=Theme out they=Initial_Location

Option 2

the people at the inn were laughing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 laughing	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 inn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 inn	det
5	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 people	nmod
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 laughing	aux
7	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past · progressive	the people at the inn						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

the locals at the bar were mocking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 locals	det
2	locals	local	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mocking	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 bar	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bar	det
5	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locals	nmod
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mocking	aux
7	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	past · progressive	the locals at the bar						vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the folk at the inn were taking the mick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 folk	det
2	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taking	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 inn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 inn	det
5	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 folk	nmod
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taking	aux
7	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mick	det
9	mick	mick	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · progressive	the folk at the inn	the mick					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mick=Theme

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