Test 13 · ★ · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,…

wait, why was Hans so happy on that horse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: Hans

This is test 13 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 happy	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 happy	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Hans	cop
5	Hans	Han	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 happy	nsubj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 happy	advmod
7	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 horse	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 horse	det
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happy	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		Hans					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 · ← Mova's choice

He rode very fast down the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 fast	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 rode	advmod
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 hill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	He			the hill		fast property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent down hill=Trajectory

Option 2

He cracked his whip and whistled loudly as the horse galloped down the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cracked	nsubj
2	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 whip	nmod:poss
4	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cracked	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 whistled	cc
6	whistled	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cracked	conj
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	6 whistled	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 galloped	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 horse	det
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 galloped	nsubj
11	galloped	gallop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 whistled	advcl
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 galloped	compound:prt
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 galloped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	crack	past	He	his whip		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whip=Theme
2	whistle	past	He not said here		loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	gallop down	past	the horse	the road		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Agent

Option 3

He threw his hat in the air and shouted for joy at the end of the road

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hat	nmod:poss
4	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shouted	cc
9	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 joy	case
11	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouted	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 end	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 end	det
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouted	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 road	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 road	det
17	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	He	his hat		the air			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent hat=Theme in air=Destination
2	shout speech: express	past	He not said here				at the end of the road	for joy	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He cracked his whip and whistled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cracked	nsubj
2	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 whip	nmod:poss
4	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cracked	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 whistled	cc
6	whistled	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cracked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	past	He	his whip					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whip=Theme
2	whistle	past	He not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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