Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold,…

ngl how did Tom wreck the thieves' plan?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl, thieves · What happens: wreck, plan · To what, where: plan

This is test 7 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wreck	nsubj
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 wreck	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wreck	aux
4	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wreck	nsubj
5	wreck	wreck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thieves	det
7	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 plan	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 thieves	case
9	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wreck	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wreck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wreck	past · do-support	ngl	the thieves's plan					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient
2	plan		the thieves						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=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

he sang a song to the whole town

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	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 town	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 town	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 town	amod
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	he	a song	the whole town				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to town=Recipient

Option 2

he pretended to be a whole crowd of guards shouting

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	2 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	7 crowd	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 crowd	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crowd	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crowd	amod
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pretended	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 guards	case
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 crowd	nmod
10	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guards	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pretend	past	he			tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	he not said here	a whole crowd	of guards	tree rules
3	shout speech: express	gerund	guards not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he bawled like he was throwing out loads of money

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	2 bawled	nsubj
2	bawled	bawl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	6 throwing	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 throwing	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 throwing	aux
6	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 bawled	advcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 throwing	compound:prt
8	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 throwing	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 money	case
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 loads	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bawl speech: other	past	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	throw out	past · progressive	he	loads of money					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he bawled out a long list of rich things in the house so the thieves would think the parson had guards

The tree, 21 words

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	2 bawled	nsubj
2	bawled	bawl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 bawled	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 list	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 list	amod
6	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bawled	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 things	case
8	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 things	amod
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 list	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 things	nmod
13	so	so	SCONJ	_	17 think	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 thieves	det
15	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 think	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 think	aux
17	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bawled	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 parson	det
19	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 had	nsubj
20	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 think	ccomp
21	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	bawl out speech: other	past	he	a long list of rich things in the house	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Topic
2	think speech: other	would	the thieves		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	have	past	the parson	guards	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient
4	list			rich things in the house	nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

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