Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

Dude, did the robber really chop the girl's finger off with a hatchet?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: chop off · To what, where: finger

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 747 «Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's daughter escapes the robbers' house» 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chop	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chop	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 robber	det
5	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 chop	advmod
7	chop	chop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 finger	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 girl	case
11	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chop	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	7 chop	compound:prt
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 hatchet	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hatchet	det
15	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chop	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 chop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop off	past · do-support	Dude	the girl's finger				with a hatchet	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent finger=Patient with hatchet=Instrument

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

Yeah, he did it right there in the cellar, and then the finger flew up and hit the old woman in the face

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	7 there	advmod
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 did	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 cellar	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cellar	det
10	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 flew	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 flew	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 flew	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 finger	det
15	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 flew	nsubj
16	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 flew	compound:prt
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 hit	cc
19	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 flew	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 woman	det
21	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 woman	amod
22	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hit	obj
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 face	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 face	det
25	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	do	past	he	it	the cellar; there		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	fly up	past	the finger			then	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hit	past	the finger not said here	the old woman	the face		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent woman=Theme in face=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the robber swung the hatchet so hard that the finger went flying across the whole cellar and landed in some girl's lap

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 swung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 swung	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 robber	det
4	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swung	nsubj
5	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hatchet	det
7	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swung	obj
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 hard	advmod
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 swung	advmod
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 went	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 finger	det
12	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 went	nsubj
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 swung	advcl
14	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 went	xcomp
15	across	across	ADP	_	18 cellar	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cellar	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 cellar	amod
18	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flying	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 landed	cc
20	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 swung	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	25 lap	case
22	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	23 girl	det
23	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lap	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 girl	case
25	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 landed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	swing	past	the robber	the hatchet		hard property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme
2	go	past	the finger				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fly	gerund	the finger not said here		the whole cellar		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across cellar=Trajectory
4	land	past	the robber not said here		some girl's lap		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in lap=Destination

Option 3

Yeah, it bounced off the cask and landed on the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 bounced	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bounced	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bounced	nsubj
4	bounced	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 cask	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cask	det
7	cask	cask	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bounced	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 landed	cc
9	landed	land	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bounced	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 floor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 floor	det
12	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 landed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bounce off	past	it	the cask					vn run-51.3.2-2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location cask=Theme
2	land	participle				the floor			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on floor=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, and it flew right into the other girl's lap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flew	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 flew	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flew	nsubj
5	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	right	right	ADV	_	5 flew	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	12 lap	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 girl	amod
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lap	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 girl	case
12	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	it					into the other girl's lap result; right property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lap=Result

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