Test 13 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership: the cat…

so how did the cat finish off the mouse?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat · What happens: finish off · To what, where: mouse

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 736 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership: the cat steals the winter fat, then eats the mouse» 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	_	6 finish	advmod
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 finish	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 finish	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finish	nsubj
6	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 finish	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mouse	det
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finish	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 finish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish off	past · do-support	the cat	the mouse					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector mouse=Eventuality

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

she carried her off to the church and swallowed her whole at the altar

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 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 carried	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 church	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 church	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 swallowed	cc
9	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 carried	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 whole	nmod:poss
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 swallowed	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 altar	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 altar	det
14	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swallowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past	she	her = she		the church			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to church=Destination
2	swallow	past	she not said here	her whole		the altar			vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Patient

Option 2

she swallowed her whole in one single gulp under the stove

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 swallowed	nsubj
2	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 whole	nmod:poss
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 swallowed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 gulp	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 gulp	nummod
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gulp	amod
8	gulp	gulp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swallowed	obl
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 stove	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stove	det
11	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swallowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	past	she	her whole		one single gulp		under the stove	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

she licked her clean

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 licked	nsubj
2	licked	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 clean	nmod:poss
4	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 licked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lick	past	she					clean property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she swallowed her whole

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 swallowed	nsubj
2	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 whole	nmod:poss
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 swallowed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	past	she	her whole					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Patient

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