Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold,…

bruh why did his dad sell him tho

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: sell · To what, where: him

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 748 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold, tricks thieves, and naps in the hay» 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	6 sell	discourse
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 sell	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sell	aux
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sell	nsubj
6	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sell	iobj
8	tho	tho	PUNCT	_	6 sell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past · do-support	his dad		him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

cause the parson paid him more money than he had

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 parson	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parson	det
3	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	nsubj
4	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 paid	obj
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 money	amod
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obj
8	than	than	SCONJ	_	10 had	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	cause	infinitive			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	pay	past	the cause parson	him = he	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient money=Asset
3	have	past	parson		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

cause the strangers wanted a little boy for cash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 strangers	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 strangers	det
3	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boy	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	amod
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 cash	case
9	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive							vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	want	past	the cause strangers	a little boy				for cash	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot boy=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cause the strangers paid a big chunk of gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 paid	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 strangers	det
3	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 paid	nsubj
4	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chunk	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chunk	amod
7	chunk	chunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 gold	case
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chunk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive	the strangers not said here						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	pay	past	the strangers	a big chunk of gold					tree rules

Option 4

cause he was poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 poor	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poor	cop
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cause	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					poor property	tree rules

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