Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the…

Did the dog really bite a robber's leg, mate?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, bite · To what, where: dog, leg

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 729 «Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert» 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bite	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 bite	advmod
5	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 robber	det
7	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leg	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 robber	case
9	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bite	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leg	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 bite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the dog					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Eventuality
2	bite	present		a robber's leg and mate					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient

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

Yep, chomped him right in the leg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	3 chomped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chomped	punct
3	chomped	chomp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chomped	obj
5	right	right	ADV	_	3 chomped	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 leg	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 leg	det
8	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chomped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chomp	past		him = he		the leg		right property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

Nah, the cat did

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	the cat						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yep, sank his teeth in his arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	3 sank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 teeth	nmod:poss
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sank	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 arm	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 arm	nmod:poss
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past		his teeth		his arm			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the donkey kicked him there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 kicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 donkey	det
4	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kicked	nsubj
5	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kicked	obj
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 kicked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	the donkey	him = he		there			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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