Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Iron Hans, part 1: huntsmen vanish, a wild…

Ouch, what happened to the boy's fingers?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ouch · What happens: happen

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 784 «Grimm's Tales, Iron Hans, part 1: huntsmen vanish, a wild man is caged, a boy frees 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	Ouch	ouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happened	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 fingers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fingers	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 boy	case
9	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happened	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	Ouch					to the boy's fingers	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

the wild man's claws scratched the boy's whole arm badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 claws	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 man	case
5	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scratched	nsubj
6	scratched	scratch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 arm	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 boy	case
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 arm	amod
11	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scratched	obj
12	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 scratched	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	past	the wild man's claws	the boy's whole arm				badly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme

Option 2

the heavy iron door slammed shut on his poor little fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 door	amod
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 door	compound
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shut	nsubj:pass
5	slammed	slam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shut	aux:pass
6	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	11 fingers	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 fingers	nmod:poss
9	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fingers	amod
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fingers	amod
11	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut	past · passive		the heavy iron door		his poor little fingers			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3

they were bruised

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bruised	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bruised	aux:pass
3	bruised	bruise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bruise	past · passive		they					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he pinched them

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 pinched	nsubj
2	pinched	pinch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pinched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pinch	past	he	them = they					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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