Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sw…
What went proper wrong with grandad?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» 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 | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | aux |
| 3 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 4 wrong | advmod |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 grandad | case |
| 6 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wrong | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wrong | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
he got smashed into three pieces
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 smashed | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 smashed | aux:pass |
| 3 | smashed | smash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 pieces | case |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 pieces | nummod |
| 6 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 smashed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash | past · passive | he | three pieces | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into piece=Destination |
Option 2
he tripped on the rug and got smashed into three pieces by the hearth
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 tripped | nsubj |
| 2 | tripped | trip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 rug | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rug | det |
| 5 | rug | rug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tripped | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 smashed | cc |
| 7 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 smashed | aux:pass |
| 8 | smashed | smash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 tripped | conj |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 pieces | case |
| 10 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 pieces | nummod |
| 11 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 smashed | obl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 hearth | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hearth | det |
| 14 | hearth | hearth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 smashed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trip | past | he | the rug | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rug=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | smash | past · passive | the hearth | into three pieces result | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into piece=Result |
Option 3
he got chipped on his head
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 chipped | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 chipped | aux:pass |
| 3 | chipped | chip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 head | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 head | nmod:poss |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chipped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chip | past · passive | he | his head | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
he got cracked into two halves
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 cracked | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cracked | aux:pass |
| 3 | cracked | crack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 halves | case |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 halves | nummod |
| 6 | halves | half | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cracked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crack | past · passive | he | into two halves result | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into half=Result |
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