Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird'…

wait the soldier got a cloak that makes him invisible, sick

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: soldier, cloak · What happens: wait, get, make · To what, where: cloak, soldier

This is test 6 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 got	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 soldier	det
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloak	det
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cloak	acl:relcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 makes	obj
10	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 makes	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sick	punct
12	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 invisible	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	infinitive	the soldier not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	past	the soldier	a cloak		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cloak=Stimulus
3	make	present	a cloak	soldier	invisible property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

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, he followed them all the way down the stairs and under the trees without them ever seeing him

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 followed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 followed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 followed	nsubj
4	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 followed	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 way	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 followed	obl:unmarked
9	down	down	ADP	_	11 stairs	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stairs	det
11	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 way	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 trees	cc
13	under	under	ADP	_	15 trees	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 trees	det
15	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stairs	conj
16	without	without	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 followed	obl
18	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	19 seeing	advmod
19	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 followed	advcl
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 seeing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	he	them = they				without trees = tree; all way down the stairs and the trees obl:unmarked	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	see	gerund	he not said here	him = he			ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 2

yeah, he tiptoed behind them but they didn't notice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tiptoed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tiptoed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tiptoed	nsubj
4	tiptoed	tiptoe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tiptoed	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 notice	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 notice	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 notice	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 notice	advmod
11	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tiptoed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tiptoe	past	he					behind them = they	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind they=Trajectory
2	not notice	past · do-support	they						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

yeah, he crept down the stairs right behind them, and they never noticed him at all in the cloak

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 crept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 crept	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crept	nsubj
4	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 stairs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stairs	det
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 crept	obl
8	right	right	ADV	_	10 them	advmod
9	behind	behind	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crept	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 noticed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 noticed	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 noticed	nsubj
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 noticed	advmod
15	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crept	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 noticed	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 noticed	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 cloak	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 cloak	det
21	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 noticed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	past	he			the stairs		behind stairs = stair	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down stair=Trajectory
2	not notice	past	stairs = stair	him = he		all		in the cloak	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he followed them down the stairs without them seeing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 followed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 followed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 followed	nsubj
4	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 followed	obj
6	down	down	ADP	_	4 followed	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stairs	det
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 followed	obj
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 seeing	mark
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 seeing	nsubj
11	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 followed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow down	past	he	them = they					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme stair=Attribute
2	see	gerund	stairs = stair						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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