Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird'…

so the carter's wife basically killed him by accident??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife · What happens: kill · To what, where: him

This is test 5 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	7 killed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 carter	det
3	carter	carter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wife	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 carter	case
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 killed	nsubj
6	basically	basically	ADV	_	5 wife	advmod
7	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 killed	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 accident	case
10	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 killed	obl
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	7 killed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past	the carter's wife	him = he				by accident	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

yeah, she threw the knife at the bird and hit him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 threw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 threw	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 threw	nsubj
4	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 knife	det
6	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 bird	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bird	det
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hit	cc
11	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 threw	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	she	the knife				at the bird	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent knife=Theme at bird=Destination
2	hit	past	she not said here	bird					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme

Option 2

yes, he was hit when she aimed at the sparrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hit	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	aux:pass
5	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 aimed	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 aimed	nsubj
8	aimed	aim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 sparrow	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sparrow	det
11	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 aimed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past · passive		he					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
2	aim	past	she			the sparrow			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

yeah, by accident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 accident	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 accident	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 accident	case
4	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she swung the hatchet at the bird and whacked him instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swung	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swung	nsubj
4	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hatchet	det
6	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swung	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 bird	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bird	det
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swung	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 whacked	cc
11	whacked	whack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swung	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 whacked	obj
13	instead	instead	ADV	_	11 whacked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	past	she	the hatchet				at the bird	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme at bird=Location
2	whack	past	she not said here	bird				instead property	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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