Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the…

Mate, what was the wolf's big plan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: be · To what, where: big plan

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 plan	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 plan	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 plan	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plan	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 wolf	case
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plan	amod
9	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mate	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Mate and the wolf's big plan	the wolf's big plan					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

Snatch the kid, hide it in the woods, and let Sultan come rescue it later on

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snatch	snatch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Snatch	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hide	punct
5	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Snatch	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hide	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 woods	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woods	det
9	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hide	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 rescue	cc
13	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 let	obj
14	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp
15	rescue	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Snatch	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 rescue	obj
17	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 rescue	advmod
18	on	on	ADP	_	15 rescue	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	snatch	imperative	you not said here	the kid			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme
2	hide	infinitive	you not said here	kid	the woods		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in wood=Location
3	let	infinitive		Sultan			tree rules
4	come	infinitive	Sultan not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	rescue on	present	you not said here	kid		late property	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Grab the sheep so Sultan gets blamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sheep	det
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Grab	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 gets	mark
5	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gets	nsubj
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Grab	advcl
7	blamed	blame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	the sheep	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme
2	get	present	Sultan		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	blame	participle	Sultan not said here		vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Grab the baby from the hedge and eat it up quick before anyone sees him, mate

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 baby	det
3	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 hedge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hedge	det
6	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 eat	cc
8	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Grab	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 eat	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 eat	compound:prt
11	quick	quick	ADV	_	8 eat	advmod
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 sees	mark
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 sees	nsubj
14	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 eat	advcl
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sees	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mate	punct
17	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	the baby	the hedge		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent baby=Theme from hedge=Source
2	eat up	infinitive	you not said here	baby		quick property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	see	present	anyone	him = he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Snatch the kid so Sultan can save it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snatch	snatch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Snatch	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 save	mark
5	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 save	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 save	aux
7	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Snatch	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snatch	imperative	you not said here	the kid					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme
2	save	can	Sultan	kid					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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