Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel: Hans carries each gift…

What's the bacon thing, then, what did Hans do with the bacon?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hans · What happens: be, do · To what, where: bacon thing

This is test 9 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 thing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	bacon	bacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	compound
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 then	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 thing	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 do	obj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
11	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	parataxis
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 bacon	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bacon	det
15	bacon	bacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 do	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the bacon thing			then		tree rules
2	do	past · do-support	Hans	the bacon thing				with the bacon	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 ties a rope to it and drags it behind him on the road back home.

The tree, 16 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 ties	nsubj
2	ties	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ties	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ties	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drags	cc
8	drags	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ties	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 drags	obj
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 drags	obl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 road	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drags	obl
15	back	back	ADV	_	16 home	advmod
16	home	home	ADV	_	8 drags	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ties	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	present	He	a rope	rope				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent rope=Patient to it=Co-Patient
2	drag	present	He not said here	rope		the road		behind him = he; home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He hangs it on his shoulder and carries it.

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 hangs	nsubj
2	hangs	hang	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 hangs	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 shoulder	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shoulder	nmod:poss
6	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hangs	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carries	cc
8	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hangs	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carries	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hangs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present	He	it		his shoulder			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on shoulder=Destination
2	carry	present	He not said here	shoulder					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He ties it to a rope and drags it behind him.

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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ties	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 rope	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rope	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ties	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drags	cc
8	drags	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ties	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 drags	obj
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 drags	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ties	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	present	He	it				to a rope	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to rope=Co-Patient
2	drag	present	He not said here	rope				behind him = he	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

He ties it to a long rope and drags it behind him all the way home.

The tree, 16 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 ties	nsubj
2	ties	tie	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 ties	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 rope	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rope	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rope	amod
7	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ties	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drags	cc
9	drags	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ties	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drags	obj
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drags	obl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 way	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 way	det
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drags	obl
16	home	home	ADV	_	15 way	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ties	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	present	He	it				to a long rope	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to rope=Co-Patient
2	drag	present	He not said here	rope				behind him = he; all way obl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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