Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part…
The fox wanted them to help him scrap with the wolf, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox, them · What happens: want, help, scrap · To what, where: them, fox
This is test 5 · ★ 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 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | 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 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 help | mark |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 help | obj |
| 8 | scrap | scrap | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 help | xcomp |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 wolf | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wolf | det |
| 11 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 scrap | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 yeah | punct |
| 13 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 wanted | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the fox | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | them = they not said here | fox | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | scrap not said to happen | infinitive | fox not said here | with the wolf | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with wolf=Co-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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a proper war with the wolf
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 war | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 war | det |
| 4 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 war | amod |
| 5 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 wolf | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wolf | det |
| 8 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 war | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yeah, he wanted them to fight the wolf and steal back the golden horse for him
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fight | mark |
| 7 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wolf | det |
| 9 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fight | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 steal | cc |
| 11 | steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 4 wanted | conj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 steal | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 horse | det |
| 14 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 horse | amod |
| 15 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 steal | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 steal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fight not said to happen | to-infinitive | them = they not said here | the wolf | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | steal back | present | he not said here | the golden horse | for horse | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent horse=Theme for he=Beneficiary |
Option 3
Nah, he wanted a sausage supper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 supper | det |
| 6 | sausage | sausage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 supper | compound |
| 7 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | a sausage supper | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot supper=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he wanted them to help him carry sausages home from the market
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 help | mark |
| 7 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 help | obj |
| 9 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 help | xcomp |
| 10 | sausages | sausage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 carry | obj |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 9 carry | advmod |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 market | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 market | det |
| 14 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | them = they not said here | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | carry not said to happen | infinitive | him = he not said here | sausages | the market | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sausage=Theme from market=Initial_Location |
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