Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal ta…

Lowkey gutted, what did the ravens' parents do to their babies?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lowkey, parents · What happens: gut, do

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1932 «Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal talk and the animals repay his kindness» 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gutted	nsubj
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gutted	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ravens	det
7	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 parents	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 ravens	case
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 do	nsubj
10	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 babies	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 babies	nmod:poss
13	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 do	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	gut	past	Lowkey		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	present	the ravens's parents	to parents's babies	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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

They fed them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fed	nsubj
2	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fed	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past	They	them = they					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They kicked them out of the nest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kicked	nsubj
2	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kicked	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 nest	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 nest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nest	det
7	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kicked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	They	them = they		the nest			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient out nest=Location

Option 3

They flew away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 flew	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly away	past	They					away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They threw them off the branch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 branch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 branch	det
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	They	them = they		the branch			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme off branch=Initial_Location

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