Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

Wait, so why'd she drop peas on the way, bro?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she · What happens: wait, drop · To what, where: peas, way

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 drop	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 drop	advmod
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 drop	advmod
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 drop	aux
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 drop	nsubj
7	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
8	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 drop	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 way	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drop	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bro	punct
13	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 way	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drop	would	she	peas		the way and bro			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pea=Theme on way=Destination

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

Because she wanted to feed the birds along the path so they would sing to her on the walk back home

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 sing	advcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 feed	mark
5	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 birds	det
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feed	obj
8	along	along	ADP	_	10 path	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 path	det
10	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feed	obl
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 sing	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sing	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 sing	aux
14	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 her	case
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sing	obl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 walk	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 walk	det
19	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sing	obl
20	back	back	ADV	_	21 home	advmod
21	home	home	ADV	_	14 sing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	she				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	feed not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	the birds		along the path	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient
3	sing speech: express	would	birds = bird	her = she	the walk		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on walk=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To find her way back if the path got wrecked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 way	nmod:poss
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 find	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 wrecked	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 path	det
8	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wrecked	nsubj:pass
9	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 wrecked	aux:pass
10	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 find	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find back	to-infinitive		her way					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
2	wreck a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		the path					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

To make a trail that the robbers would follow, so they would go into the forest and get lost in the thick woods

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trail	det
4	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 follow	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 robbers	det
7	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 follow	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 follow	aux
9	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 trail	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 go	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 go	aux
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 make	parataxis
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 forest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 forest	det
17	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 go	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 lost	cc
19	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 lost	aux:pass
20	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 go	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	24 woods	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 woods	det
23	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 woods	amod
24	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		a trail		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trail=Product
2	follow	would	the robbers	a trail		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
3	go	would	robbers = robber		the forest	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial_Location
4	lose	infinitive · passive	robbers = robber not said here		the thick woods	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: in wood=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To be sure she could return home safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 sure	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 sure	cop
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 return	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 return	aux
6	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sure	ccomp
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 return	advmod
8	safely	safely	ADV	_	6 return	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive						sure property	tree rules
2	return	could	she					home, safely property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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