Test 4 · ★ · Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a…
No cap, how did he catch that boar?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: catch · To what, where: boar
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 742 «Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a unicorn and a boar, and frightens off his foes» 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 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 cap | det |
| 2 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 catch | punct |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 catch | advmod |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 catch | aux |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 catch | nsubj |
| 7 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 cap | conj |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 boar | det |
| 9 | boar | boar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 catch | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 cap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · do-support | he | that boar | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boar=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
He ran into a little chapel and slammed the heavy door shut on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 chapel | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 chapel | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 chapel | amod |
| 6 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ran | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 slammed | cc |
| 8 | slammed | slam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ran | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 door | det |
| 10 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 door | amod |
| 11 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 slammed | obj |
| 12 | shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 slammed | xcomp |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 shut | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | He | into a little chapel result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into chapel=Result | ||||
| 2 | slam | past | He not said here | the heavy door | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | shut | participle | He not said here | door | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He ran into a chapel and shut the door on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 chapel | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 chapel | det |
| 5 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ran | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 shut | cc |
| 7 | shut | shut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ran | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 door | det |
| 9 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shut | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 shut | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | He | into a chapel result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into chapel=Result | ||||
| 2 | shut | infinitive | He not said here | the door | door | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
Option 3
He led the boar on a chase through the trees, ran into a chapel, and locked the door behind it
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 led | nsubj |
| 2 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 boar | det |
| 4 | boar | boar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 led | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 chase | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 chase | det |
| 7 | chase | chase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 led | obl |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 trees | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 trees | det |
| 10 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 led | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ran | punct |
| 12 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 led | conj |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 chapel | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 chapel | det |
| 15 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ran | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 locked | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 locked | cc |
| 18 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 led | parataxis |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 door | det |
| 20 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 locked | obj |
| 21 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 22 it | case |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 locked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | He | the boar | a chase | through the trees | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boar=Theme on chase=Destination | ||
| 2 | run | past | He not said here | into a chapel result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into chapel=Result | ||||
| 3 | lock | past | the door | door | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
Option 4
He cornered it in a ditch and clubbed it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cornered | nsubj |
| 2 | cornered | corner | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cornered | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 ditch | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ditch | det |
| 6 | ditch | ditch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cornered | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 clubbed | cc |
| 8 | clubbed | club | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 cornered | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 clubbed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | corner | past | He | it | a ditch | tree rules | |||
| 2 | club | past | He not said here | ditch | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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