Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part…

The cat fetched them all for Simon, bare sick?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat · What happens: fetch · To what, where: them

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1936 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part 73: the cruel brothers are banished, and the old cat and dog join the fox's war» 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fetched	nsubj
3	fetched	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fetched	obj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 them	nmod:unmarked
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 Simon	case
7	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fetched	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sick	punct
9	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sick	amod
10	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fetched	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fetched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	past	the cat	them = they				for Simon	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent they=Theme for simon=Beneficiary

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, but Simon said she was a bit lazy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 said	cc
4	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lazy	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lazy	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bit	det
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lazy	obl:unmarked
10	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Simon						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Simon					a bit obl:unmarked; lazy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the cat was too scared and hid under the bed for the whole day

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scared	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 scared	advmod
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hid	cc
9	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	conj
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bed	det
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hid	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 day	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 day	amod
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the cat					scared property	tree rules
2	hide	past	the cat not said here			the bed	day		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, and Susan said she's an excellent cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 said	cc
4	Susan	Susan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cat	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cat	cop
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cat	det
9	excellent	excellent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cat	amod
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Susan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Susan	a excellent cat					tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, and Simon gave her the whole sausage and a big cuddle right after

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gave	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gave	cc
4	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gave	nsubj
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	iobj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sausage	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sausage	amod
9	sausage	sausage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cuddle	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cuddle	det
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cuddle	amod
13	cuddle	cuddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sausage	conj
14	right	right	ADV	_	15 after	advmod
15	after	after	ADP	_	5 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Simon	the whole sausage and a big cuddle	her = she				tree rules

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