Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,…
ngl, who actually dug that hill?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: dig · To what, where: hill
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» 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 | ngl | ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 dug | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dug | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 dug | nsubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 dug | advmod |
| 5 | dug | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 hill | det |
| 7 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dug | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 dug | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | past | ngl | that hill | actually property | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hill=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 · ✓ the right answer
The fox did, while he slept
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 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 slept | punct |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 slept | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 slept | nsubj |
| 7 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the fox | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sleep | past | fox | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The brothers did, taking turns with spades while the prince watched from the hill
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brothers | det |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 taking | punct |
| 5 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 did | advcl |
| 6 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 taking | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 spades | case |
| 8 | spades | spade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 taking | obl |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 watched | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prince | det |
| 11 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 watched | nsubj |
| 12 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 taking | advcl |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 hill | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hill | det |
| 15 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 watched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the brothers | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | take | gerund | the brothers not said here | turns | with spades | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme | |||
| 3 | watch | past | the prince | the hill | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The king's men at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 men | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 men | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The fox did it, digging all night while the prince slept on the grass
The tree, 14 words
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 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 did | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 digging | punct |
| 6 | digging | dig | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 did | advcl |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 digging | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 slept | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prince | det |
| 11 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 slept | nsubj |
| 12 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 digging | advcl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 grass | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 grass | det |
| 15 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 slept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the fox | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | dig | gerund | the fox not said here | night | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | sleep | past | the prince | the grass | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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