Test 4 · ★ · Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is mar…

was the old giant's beard actually stuck in the anvil?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: beard

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 783 «Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is married off to a beggar fiddler» 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 beard	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 giant	amod
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beard	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 giant	case
6	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	csubj
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 stuck	advmod
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 anvil	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 anvil	det
11	anvil	anvil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the old giant's beard					tree rules

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

nah, the giant pulled free fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 pulled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	nsubj
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pulled	xcomp
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 pulled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	the giant					fast, free property	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yup, the youth split it and trapped him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youth	det
4	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	nsubj
5	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 split	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 trapped	cc
8	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 split	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 trapped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	yup	youth					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	trap	participle	yup not said here	yup					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

yup, the youth split it with a wedge and trapped him there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 youth	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youth	det
4	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yup	conj
5	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 split	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 wedge	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wedge	det
9	wedge	wedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 trapped	cc
11	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 split	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 trapped	obj
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 trapped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	yup and the youth	youth				with a wedge	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with wedge=Instrument
2	trap	participle	yup and the youth not said here	him = he		there			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

yup, the youth split it with a wedge and trapped him there until dawn

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 youth	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youth	det
4	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yup	conj
5	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 split	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 wedge	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wedge	det
9	wedge	wedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 trapped	cc
11	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 split	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 trapped	obj
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 trapped	advmod
14	until	until	ADP	_	15 dawn	case
15	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	yup and the youth	youth				with a wedge	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with wedge=Instrument
2	trap	participle	yup and the youth not said here	him = he		there	dawn		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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