Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister: the Queen comes bac…

Bro, what did the stepmother reckon the white thing on the roof was?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stepmother · What happens: reckon, be · To what, where: white thing, roof

This is test 11 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reckon	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 reckon	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 reckon	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reckon	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stepmother	det
6	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reckon	nsubj
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thing	det
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thing	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reckon	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 roof	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roof	det
13	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thing	nmod
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	cop
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past · do-support	the stepmother					Bro vocative	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute
2	is a	past		the white thing		the roof			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

She told him it was the bright sun reflecting off the white chimney of the next cottage along the lane

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sun	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sun	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sun	det
7	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sun	amod
8	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	ccomp
9	reflecting	reflect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 sun	acl
10	off	off	ADP	_	13 chimney	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 chimney	det
12	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 chimney	amod
13	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reflecting	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 cottage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cottage	det
16	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 cottage	amod
17	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chimney	nmod
18	along	along	ADP	_	20 lane	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 lane	det
20	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	She		him = he	along the lane	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is a	past	it	the bright sun			tree rules
3	reflect	gerund	the bright sun not said here			off the white chimney of the next cottage	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She claimed it was the sun on a chimney

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sun	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sun	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 claimed	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 chimney	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 chimney	det
9	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 claimed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	She			a chimney			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	the sun					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She said it was the sun on the white chimney

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sun	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sun	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 chimney	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 chimney	det
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 chimney	amod
10	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sun	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	the sun		the white chimney			tree rules

Option 4

She said it was just the sun shining on the white chimney of the house down the road

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sun	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sun	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 sun	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
8	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 sun	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 chimney	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 chimney	det
11	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 chimney	amod
12	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shining	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 house	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chimney	nmod
16	down	down	ADP	_	18 road	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 road	det
18	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	the sun			tree rules
3	shine	gerund	the sun not said here		the white chimney of the house	down the road	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on chimney=Location

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