Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Cat-skin: a girl in a fur coat wins the kin…

Ngl, what did the king do when he got hold of her fur?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: do, get, hold · To what, where: king, hold, fur

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 787 «Grimm's Tales, Cat-skin: a girl in a fur coat wins the king's heart with three dresses» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ngl	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 got	aux
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 got	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 fur	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fur	nmod:poss
14	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hold	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Ngl	the king	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality
2	get	present · do-support	Ngl	hold of her fur	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus
3	hold			her fur	nom hold «act transitive»: of=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

Ripped it off in one go, and she was lush underneath, proper stunning

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ripped	rip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ripped	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Ripped	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 go	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 go	nummod
6	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ripped	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lush	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lush	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lush	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lush	cop
11	lush	lush	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ripped	parataxis
12	underneath	underneath	ADV	_	11 lush	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stunning	punct
14	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stunning	amod
15	stunning	stunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lush	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip off	past		it		one go			vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	is	past	she					lush, underneath property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Ripped it off, and she was lush underneath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ripped	rip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ripped	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Ripped	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lush	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lush	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lush	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lush	cop
8	lush	lush	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ripped	conj
9	underneath	underneath	ADV	_	8 lush	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip off	past		it					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	is	past	she					lush, underneath property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He ripped it right off her back, and she was lush underneath, mate

The tree, 13 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 ripped	nsubj
2	ripped	rip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ripped	obj
4	right	right	ADV	_	7 back	advmod
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 back	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 back	nmod:poss
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ripped	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lush	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lush	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lush	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 lush	cop
12	lush	lush	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ripped	parataxis
13	underneath	underneath	ADV	_	12 lush	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mate	punct
15	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ripped	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip	past	He	it				off her back; mate vocative	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient off back=Co-Patient
2	is	past	she					lush, underneath property	tree rules

Option 4

Nicked it off, and she was scruffy underneath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Nicked	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Nicked	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 scruffy	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 scruffy	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 scruffy	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 scruffy	cop
8	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nicked	conj
9	underneath	underneath	ADV	_	8 scruffy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick off	past		it					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	is	past	she					scruffy, underneath property	tree rules

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