Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

Did the old lady totally get them drunk and knocked out, or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: them · What happens: do, get, drink, knock out · To what, where: old lady, them

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lady	amod
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
5	totally	totally	ADV	_	6 get	advmod
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 get	obj
8	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 get	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 knocked	cc
10	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 drunk	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 knocked	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 what	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 what	cc
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	1 Did	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		the old lady		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Eventuality
2	get	present		them = they	totally property	tree rules
3	drink	participle	them = they not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	knock out	participle	them = they not said here			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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

Yeah, the old lady mixed poison into their wine and waited in the cellar until both of the robbers died

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	12 waited	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lady	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lady	amod
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yeah	conj
6	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lady	acl
7	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mixed	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 wine	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wine	nmod:poss
10	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mixed	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 waited	cc
12	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 cellar	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cellar	det
15	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waited	obl
16	until	until	SCONJ	_	21 died	mark
17	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	21 died	nsubj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 robbers	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 robbers	det
20	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 both	nmod
21	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 waited	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mix	participle	the old lady not said here	poison		into their wine	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent poison=Patient into wine=Co-Patient
2	wait	past			the cellar		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cellar=Location
3	die	past	both				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

Nah, she just watched them drink the whole night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 watched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 watched	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 watched	advmod
5	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 watched	obj
7	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 watched	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 night	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 night	amod
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	she	them = they					tree rules
2	drink	infinitive	them = they not said here				night		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she slipped a sleeping draught in their wine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 slipped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 slipped	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slipped	nsubj
4	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 draught	det
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 draught	amod
7	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wine	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wine	nmod:poss
10	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	she	a sleeping draught		their wine			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent draught=Patient
2	sleep	gerund							vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yeah, she secretly poured a strong sleeping draught into the wine and then sat by them until they fell asleep

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 poured	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 poured	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 poured	nsubj
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	5 poured	advmod
5	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 draught	det
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 draught	amod
8	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 draught	compound
9	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poured	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 wine	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wine	det
12	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poured	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sat	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sat	advmod
15	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 poured	conj
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sat	obl
18	until	until	SCONJ	_	20 fell	mark
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 fell	nsubj
20	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 sat	advcl
21	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 fell	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	she	a strong sleeping draught	the wine		secretly property	vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent draught=Theme into wine=Destination
2	sit	past	she not said here			then	by them = they	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by they=Location
3	fall	past	they				asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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