Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Clever Tailor: the tai…

so the tailor just slept and the bear was still angry?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tailor, bear · What happens: sleep, be

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1933 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Clever Tailor: the tailor guesses the Princess's hair and tames the bear» 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 slept	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tailor	det
3	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slept	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 slept	advmod
5	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 angry	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bear	det
8	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 angry	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 angry	cop
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 angry	advmod
11	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 slept	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 slept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	the tailor						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the bear				still	angry property	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

Yeah, he snored in the straw while the bear roared loud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 snored	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 snored	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 snored	nsubj
4	snored	snore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 straw	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 straw	det
7	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snored	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 roared	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bear	det
10	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 roared	nsubj
11	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 snored	advcl
12	loud	loud	ADV	_	11 roared	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 snored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snore	past	he					in the straw	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in straw=Theme
2	roar	past	the bear					loud property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he dozed off in the corner while the bear growled loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dozed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dozed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dozed	nsubj
4	dozed	doze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 dozed	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 corner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 corner	det
8	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dozed	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 growled	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bear	det
11	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 growled	nsubj
12	growled	growl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dozed	advcl
13	loud	loud	ADV	_	12 growled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doze off	past	he			the corner			vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	growl	past	the bear					loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nah, he kept watch by the door while the bear slept.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 kept	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 door	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watch	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 slept	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bear	det
11	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 slept	nsubj
12	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 watch	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he		tree rules
2	watch	infinitive	he not said here	by the door	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location
3	sleep	past	the bear		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he dozed off in the corner of the stable while the bear growled loudly all through the night.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dozed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dozed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dozed	nsubj
4	dozed	doze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 dozed	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 corner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 corner	det
8	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dozed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 stable	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stable	det
11	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 corner	nmod
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 growled	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bear	det
14	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 growled	nsubj
15	growled	growl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dozed	conj
16	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	15 growled	advmod
17	all	all	ADV	_	20 night	advmod
18	through	through	ADP	_	20 night	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 night	det
20	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 growled	obl:unmarked
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dozed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doze off	past	he			the corner of the stable			vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	growl	past	the bear				night	loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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