Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fi…

bruh the ant-king was salty about the horse stomping on his crew

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ant king, horse · What happens: be, stomp · To what, where: crew

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 761 «Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fishes, ravens and ants, and wins the princess» 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	_	7 salty	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
3	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 king	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 ant	punct
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 salty	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 salty	cop
7	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 horse	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 horse	det
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 salty	obl
11	stomping	stomp	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 horse	acl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 crew	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 crew	nmod:poss
14	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stomping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the ant king					about the horse; salty property	tree rules
2	stomp	gerund	the horse not said here			king's crew			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on crew=Trajectory

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

fr, he said the horse stepped on his crew and never apologized

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 fr	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stepped	nsubj
7	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 crew	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 crew	nmod:poss
10	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stepped	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 apologized	cc
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 apologized	advmod
13	apologized	apologize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	fr		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	step	past	the horse		horse's crew	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on crew=Trajectory
3	not apologize speech: apologize	past	he not said here			tree rules

Option 2

bro, he said the horse was smashing his whole village into dust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smashing	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 smashing	aux
8	smashing	smash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 village	nmod:poss
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 village	amod
11	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smashing	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	13 dust	case
13	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smashing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he					bro vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	smash	past · progressive	the horse	horse's whole village		dust			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent village=Theme into dust=Destination

Option 3

fr, he said the horse was just a big dumb animal and the ants were the ones who should get the whole palace grounds

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 fr	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 animal	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 animal	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	12 animal	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 animal	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 animal	amod
11	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 animal	amod
12	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ones	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ants	det
15	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 ones	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 ones	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ones	det
18	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 animal	conj
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 get	nsubj
20	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 get	aux
21	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 ones	acl:relcl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 grounds	det
23	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 grounds	amod
24	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 grounds	compound
25	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	21 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	fr	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the horse	a big dumb animal and the ones	tree rules
3	is a	past	the ants	the ones	tree rules
4	get	should	the ones	the whole palace grounds	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grounds=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

fr, he said the horse was treading his people with no mercy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 fr	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 treading	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 treading	aux
8	treading	tread	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 people	nmod:poss
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 treading	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 mercy	case
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 mercy	det
13	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 treading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	fr					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tread	past · progressive	the horse	horse's people				with no mercy	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent people=Patient with mercy=Instrument

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