Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a…

Bet, why were the huntsmen not going into the forest?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: huntsmen · What happens: not go · To what, where: forest

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Bet	bet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 going	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 going	advmod
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 going	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 huntsmen	det
6	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 going	nsubj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 going	advmod
8	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Bet	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 forest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forest	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 going	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	past · progressive	the huntsmen			the forest			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial_Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

They were scared of the boar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 boar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boar	det
6	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					of the boar; scared property	tree rules

Option 2

They had been ordered to stay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ordered	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ordered	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 ordered	aux:pass
4	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stay	mark
6	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ordered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past · perfect · passive		They					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They had heard about the giants and the wild boar and were frightened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	aux
3	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 giants	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giants	det
6	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 heard	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 boar	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boar	det
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boar	amod
10	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 giants	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 frightened	cc
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 frightened	aux:pass
13	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 heard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect	They					about the giants and the wild boar	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about giant=Stimulus
2	frighten	past · passive	They not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 4

They were told to wait outside until the king arrived

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wait	mark
5	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	xcomp
6	outside	outside	ADV	_	5 wait	advmod
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 arrived	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arrived	nsubj
10	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive		They		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here		outside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	arrive	past	the king			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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