Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift…
Bro, what did Hans do with the goat, did he tie its legs up or what?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hans · What happens: do, tie up · To what, where: Bro, legs
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 766 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift home the wrong way until Gretel leaves him» 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tie | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 5 | Hans | Hans | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Bro | acl:relcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 goat | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 goat | det |
| 9 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bro | punct |
| 11 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 tie | aux |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 tie | nsubj |
| 13 | tie | tie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 legs | nmod:poss |
| 15 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 tie | obj |
| 16 | up | up | ADV | _ | 13 tie | advmod |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 what | cc |
| 18 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 tie | conj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 tie | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | Hans | Bro | with the goat | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | tie up | past · do-support | Hans | goat's legs | Bro vocative | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=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
He lets it loose to graze in the field.
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 lets | nsubj |
| 2 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lets | obj |
| 4 | loose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 lets | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 graze | mark |
| 6 | graze | graze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 loose | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 field | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 field | det |
| 9 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 graze | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 lets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | He | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | graze | to-infinitive | the field | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He ties its feet and carries it on his back.
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 ties | nsubj |
| 2 | ties | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 feet | nmod:poss |
| 4 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ties | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 carries | cc |
| 6 | carries | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ties | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 carries | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 back | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 back | nmod:poss |
| 10 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 carries | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ties | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | present | He | its feet | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | ||||
| 2 | carry | present | He not said here | it | his back | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He ties its legs and puts it in his pocket.
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 ties | nsubj |
| 2 | ties | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 legs | nmod:poss |
| 4 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ties | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 puts | cc |
| 6 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ties | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 puts | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 pocket | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 10 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 puts | obl | ||
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ties | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | present | He | its legs | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | ||||
| 2 | put | present | He not said here | it | his pocket | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pocket=Destination |
Option 4
He leaves it behind.
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 leaves | nsubj |
| 2 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 leaves | obj |
| 4 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 2 leaves | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 leaves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | He | it | behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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