Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister: the Queen comes bac…

Did you see the bit where the King chases the Fawn all day, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, King · What happens: see, chase, innit · To what, where: bit, Fawn

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 100 «Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister: the Queen comes back to life and the witch is punished» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 see	nsubj
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 chases	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 chases	nsubj
9	chases	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bit	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Fawn	det
11	Fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chases	obj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chases	obl:unmarked
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 see	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	you	the bit		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus
2	chase	present	the King	the Fawn	day	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fawn=Theme
3	innit	infinitive	you not said here			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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the huntsmen had to follow him but nobody was allowed to harm him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 huntsmen	det
4	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 follow	mark
7	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	xcomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 follow	obj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 allowed	cc
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 allowed	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 allowed	aux:pass
12	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 had	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 harm	mark
14	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 allowed	xcomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 harm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	past	the huntsmen		tree rules
2	follow	to-infinitive	the huntsmen not said here	him = he	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	allow	past · passive		nobody	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
4	harm not said to happen	to-infinitive	nobody not said here	him = he	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 2

Yeah, they chased him but nobody could touch him at all, right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 chased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chased	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chased	nsubj
4	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chased	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 touch	cc
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 touch	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 touch	aux
9	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 chased	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 touch	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 touch	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chased	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	4 chased	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	they	him = he					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	touch	could	nobody	him = he		all			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme

Option 3

Nah, they lost him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 lost	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lost	nsubj
4	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	they	him = he					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality

Option 4

Nah, the huntsmen were told to stop and let him go free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 huntsmen	det
4	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 told	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 told	aux:pass
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stop	mark
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 told	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 let	cc
10	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 stop	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 let	obj
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp
13	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive		the huntsmen		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	the huntsmen not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	let	infinitive	the huntsmen not said here	him = he		tree rules
4	go	infinitive	him = he not said here		free property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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