Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, part 19: the child…

why was the dad so gutted about the kids?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: be, gut · To what, where: dad

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 743 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, part 19: the children are led into the forest and get lost» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dad	det
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 why	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 gutted	advmod
6	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dad	acl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 kids	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kids	det
9	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gutted	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dad					why property	tree rules
2	gut	participle		the dad not said here				about the kids	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

He was cross they had eaten all the bread

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	3 cross	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	cop
3	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 eaten	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 eaten	aux
6	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 cross	ccomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 bread	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bread	det
9	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					cross property	tree rules
2	eat	past · perfect	they	all bread					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It cut him to the heart to leave them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 heart	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heart	det
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 leave	mark
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cut	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	It	him = he				to the heart result	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Instrument he=Patient to heart=Result
2	leave	to-infinitive		them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

It cut him to the heart to leave his children alone in the dark forest

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 heart	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heart	det
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 leave	mark
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cut	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 children	nmod:poss
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 leave	obj
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 leave	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 forest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 forest	det
14	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 forest	amod
15	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	It	him = he				to the heart result	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Instrument he=Patient to heart=Result
2	leave	to-infinitive		his children		the dark forest		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Theme in forest=Location

Option 4

He was sad because he had no food

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	3 sad	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	cop
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 had	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	advcl
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 food	det
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					sad property	tree rules
2	have	past	he	no food					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

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