Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part…

Susan let the cat dip out the door, innit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Susan, cat · What happens: let, dip out, innit · To what, where: cat, door

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Susan	Susan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 let	obj
5	dip	dip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 dip	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dip	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 dip	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	past	Susan	the cat	tree rules
2	dip out	infinitive	the cat not said here	the door	vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
3	innit	infinitive	the cat not said here		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

Nah, the cat just walked out by herself while Susan was asleep upstairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 walked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walked	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 walked	advmod
6	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 walked	compound:prt
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 herself	case
9	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 walked	obl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 asleep	mark
11	Susan	Susan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 asleep	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 asleep	cop
13	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 walked	advcl
14	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	13 asleep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk out	past	the cat					by cat	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Susan					asleep, upstairs property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, she left it open for Simon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	obj
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 left	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Simon	case
8	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	she	it				for Simon; open property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme for simon=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she said fly for your life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 life	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fly	infinitive						for your life	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, she grabbed a shoe and threw it at the cat and the dog both

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 grabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shoe	det
6	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 threw	cc
8	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 threw	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 cat	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cat	det
12	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threw	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 dog	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dog	det
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cat	conj
16	both	both	ADV	_	8 threw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	she	a shoe					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme
2	throw	past	she not said here	shoe				at the cat and the dog; both property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at cat=Destination

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