Test 13 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the…

Lol, what did he whistle while lugging the tree?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: whistle, lug · To what, where: tree

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 741 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 whistle	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 whistle	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 whistle	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 whistle	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 whistle	nsubj
6	whistle	whistle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 lugging	mark
8	lugging	lug	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 whistle	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lugging	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 whistle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle	past · do-support	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	lug	gerund	he not said here	the tree					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=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 · ✓ the right answer

Three tailors rode forth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 tailors	nummod
2	tailors	tailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rode	nsubj
3	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forth	forth	ADV	_	3 rode	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	Three tailors					forth property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Three giants sang along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 giants	nummod
2	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	along	along	ADV	_	3 sang	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	Three giants					along property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 3

A cheerful song about the seven giants and their wicked kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 song	det
2	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 song	amod
3	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 giants	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giants	det
6	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 giants	nummod
7	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 song	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kingdom	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 kingdom	nmod:poss
10	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kingdom	amod
11	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 song	conj

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

Option 4

Happy birthday to the king, sung very loudly in the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 birthday	amod
2	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 king	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 birthday	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sung	punct
7	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 birthday	acl
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 loudly	advmod
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	7 sung	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 wood	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wood	det
12	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	participle		Happy birthday to the king not said here		the wood		loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location

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