Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Clever Tailor: the tai…

what did the two elder tailors do that was mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: two elder tailors, that · What happens: do, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tailors	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 tailors	nummod
5	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tailors	amod
6	tailors	tailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 mean	csubj
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 mean	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 mean	cop
10	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the two elder tailors						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	is	past	that					mean 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They unscrewed the bear so it would catch the carriage

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 unscrewed	nsubj
2	unscrewed	unscrew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unscrewed	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 catch	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 catch	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 catch	aux
8	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 unscrewed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 carriage	det
10	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unscrew	past	They	the bear					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient
2	catch	would	bear	the carriage					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme

Option 2

They unscrewed the bear so it would catch the carriage and tear it apart.

The tree, 14 words

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 unscrewed	nsubj
2	unscrewed	unscrew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unscrewed	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 catch	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 catch	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 catch	aux
8	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 unscrewed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 carriage	det
10	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 catch	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tear	cc
12	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 catch	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 tear	obj
14	apart	apart	ADV	_	12 tear	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 unscrewed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	unscrew	past	They	the bear		vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient
2	catch	would	bear	the carriage		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme
3	tear	infinitive	bear not said here	carriage	apart property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location it=Theme

Option 3

They tied the bear up so it would chase the horses.

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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	2 tied	compound:prt
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 chase	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 chase	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 chase	aux
9	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tied	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 horses	det
11	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 chase	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	past	They	the bear					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient
2	chase	would	bear	the horses					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 4

They locked the Princess in the tower room.

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 locked	nsubj
2	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 locked	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 room	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 room	det
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 room	compound
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 locked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past	They	the Princess		the tower room			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient

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