Test 4 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird'…

how did the bung thing even work, like the wine got out

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bung thing, wine · What happens: do, work, get out · To what, where: bung thing

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 732 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	bung	bung	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	compound
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 work	advmod
7	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
9	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 got	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wine	det
11	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 work	ccomp
13	out	out	ADV	_	12 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		the bung thing		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
2	work	present	the bung thing not said here			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	get out	past	the wine		out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

she pecked the lid off and the wine spilled on the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pecked	nsubj
2	pecked	peck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lid	det
4	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pecked	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	2 pecked	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wine	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wine	det
8	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pecked	conj
9	spilled	spill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 wine	acl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 floor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 floor	det
12	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spilled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck off	past	she	the lid					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient
2	spill	participle		the wine not said here		the floor			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Location

Option 2

she tapped the cask and the wine just poured out slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tapped	nsubj
2	tapped	tap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cask	det
4	cask	cask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tapped	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 poured	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wine	det
7	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 poured	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 poured	advmod
9	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tapped	conj
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 poured	compound:prt
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	9 poured	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tap	past	she	the cask					vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent cask=Location
2	pour out	past	the wine					slowly property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she pecked the cork out of the cask so it all ran out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pecked	nsubj
2	pecked	peck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cork	det
4	cork	cork	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pecked	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 cask	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cask	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cask	det
8	cask	cask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pecked	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 ran	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ran	nsubj
11	all	all	ADV	_	12 ran	advmod
12	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pecked	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck	past	she	the cork		the cask			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cork=Patient out cask=Location
2	run out	past	cork					all property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

she broke the cask

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cask	det
4	cask	cask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	she	the cask					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cask=Patient

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