Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose…

Okay, but why did the butterfly end up stuck on a pin, fr?

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

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 808 «Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose a wife and is pinned in a box of curiosities» 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	Okay	okay	INTJ	_	10 stuck	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Okay	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 stuck	cc
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 end	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 end	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 butterfly	det
7	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	nsubj
8	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stuck	aux:pass
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 end	compound:prt
10	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 pin	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pin	det
13	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stuck	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fr	punct
15	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pin	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present · passive				a pin and fr			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: on pin=Destination

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

People caught him in a warm room, and then they pinned him up in a box with the other bugs

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 room	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 room	det
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 room	amod
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pinned	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pinned	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 pinned	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pinned	nsubj
12	pinned	pin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pinned	obj
14	up	up	ADP	_	12 pinned	compound:prt
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 box	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 box	det
17	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pinned	obl
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 bugs	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bugs	det
20	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 bugs	amod
21	bugs	bug	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 box	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	People	him = he		a warm room			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	pin up	past	People	him = he		a box with the other bugs	then		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

People caught him in a warm room and pinned him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 room	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 room	det
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 room	amod
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pinned	cc
9	pinned	pin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pinned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	People	him = he		a warm room			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	pin	past	People not said here	him = he					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

A kid caught him in the garden and pinned him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	nsubj
3	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 caught	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garden	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pinned	cc
9	pinned	pin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pinned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	a kid	him = he		the garden			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	pin	past	a kid not said here	kid					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

He was caught by curious people in a warm room, who then pinned him up in their cabinet of curiosities

The tree, 20 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	3 caught	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 people	case
5	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 room	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 room	det
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 room	amod
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pinned	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 pinned	nsubj
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 pinned	advmod
14	pinned	pin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 room	acl:relcl
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pinned	obj
16	up	up	ADP	_	14 pinned	compound:prt
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 cabinet	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 cabinet	nmod:poss
19	cabinet	cabinet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pinned	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 curiosities	case
21	curiosities	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 cabinet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive	curious people	He		a warm room			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	pin up	past	a warm room	him = he		people's cabinet of curiosities	then		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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