Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the…
Wait, the cat got a robber's face scratched up?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cat, face · What happens: wait, get, scratch up · To what, where: face
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cat | det |
| 4 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 robber | det |
| 7 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 face | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 robber | case |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 10 | scratched | scratch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 got | xcomp |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 scratched | compound:prt |
| 12 | ? | ? | 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 | get | past | the cat | a robber's face | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | scratch up | participle | a robber's face not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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
Yeah, that cat went wild, she spat at him and scratched his cheeks up real bad
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 cat | det |
| 4 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 went | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 spat | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 spat | nsubj |
| 9 | spat | spat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 went | conj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 spat | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 scratched | cc |
| 13 | scratched | scratch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 cheeks | advcl |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 15 | cheeks | cheek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 went | parataxis |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 cheeks | compound:prt |
| 17 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 bad | amod |
| 18 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 cheeks | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | that cat | wild property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | spat | infinitive | cat | at him = he | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | scratch | past | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | cheek up | present | bad property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she spat and clawed him good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 clawed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 spat | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spat | nsubj |
| 4 | spat | spat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Yeah | vocative |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 clawed | cc |
| 6 | clawed | claw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 clawed | obj |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 clawed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spat | she | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | claw | past | him = he | good property | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she jumped on him and spat and clawed his face and then ran off quick
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 jumped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 jumped | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 jumped | nsubj |
| 4 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 jumped | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 spat | cc |
| 8 | spat | spat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jumped | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 clawed | cc |
| 10 | clawed | claw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jumped | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 face | nmod:poss |
| 12 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 clawed | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 ran | cc |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 ran | advmod |
| 15 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jumped | conj |
| 16 | off | off | ADP | _ | 15 ran | compound:prt |
| 17 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 ran | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | past | she | spat | on him = he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | claw | past | she not said here | his face | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | ||||
| 3 | run off | past | she not said here | then | quick property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, she jumped and bit his ear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 jumped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 jumped | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 jumped | nsubj |
| 4 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 bit | cc |
| 6 | bit | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jumped | conj |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 ear | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | past | she | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | bite | past | she not said here | his ear | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |
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