Test 4 · ★ · Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maid…

no cap how did the old lady grab the girl

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old lady · What happens: grab · To what, where: girl

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 677 «Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maiden is carried off, and lazy Tiidu finds his pipes» 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 grab	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 grab	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lady	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lady	amod
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grab	nsubj
8	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cap	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grab	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past · do-support	the old lady	the girl					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme

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

she climbed the tree and grabbed her tightly while the girl screamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tree	det
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grabbed	cc
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 climbed	conj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tightly	nmod:poss
8	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	6 grabbed	advmod
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 screamed	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 girl	det
11	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 screamed	nsubj
12	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grabbed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	climb	past	she	the tree		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2	grab	past	she not said here		tightly property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	scream speech: express	past	the girl			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

she swung her over her shoulders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swung	nsubj
2	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swung	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 shoulders	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shoulders	nmod:poss
6	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	past	she	her = she		her shoulders			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme over shoulder=Trajectory

Option 3

after a long chase she finally caught the girl with both arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	after	after	ADP	_	4 chase	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chase	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chase	amod
4	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	obl
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 caught	nsubj
6	finally	finally	ADV	_	7 caught	advmod
7	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 arms	case
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 arms	det
12	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	she	the girl			after a long chase	with both arms; finally property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme

Option 4

she lifted her onto a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	obj
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	she	her = she				onto a horse	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme onto horse=Destination

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