Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: swallowed by a cow and a w…

Wait, how'd he even get in the cow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: wait, get

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 749 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: swallowed by a cow and a wolf, Tom talks his way out and goes home» 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 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 get	nsubj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 get	advmod
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 cow	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cow	det
10	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
11	?	?	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	get	would	he					in the cow	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

The cook shoved him in the hay right before the cow was fed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shoved	nsubj
3	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shoved	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hay	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hay	det
7	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shoved	obl
8	right	right	ADV	_	13 fed	advmod
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 fed	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cow	det
11	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fed	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 fed	aux:pass
13	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 shoved	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	past	the cook	him = he		the hay			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in hay=Destination
2	feed	past · passive		the cow				right property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

The parson tossed him in a pail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parson	det
2	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tossed	nsubj
3	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tossed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 pail	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pail	det
7	pail	pail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tossed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past	the parson	him = he		a pail			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in pail=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The cook shoved him in the hay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shoved	nsubj
3	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shoved	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hay	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hay	det
7	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shoved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	past	the cook	him = he		the hay			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in hay=Destination

Option 4

He climbed into the cow's stall and hid in the hay bin

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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	7 stall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cow	det
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stall	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 cow	case
7	stall	stall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hid	cc
9	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 climbed	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 bin	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bin	det
12	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bin	compound
13	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	He			the cow's stall			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into stall=Destination
2	hide	past	He not said here			the hay bin			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bin=Location

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