Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister: the Queen comes bac…
Did the King just believe her straight away?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: believe · To what, where: her
This is test 6 · ★ 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=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 believe | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 believe | advmod |
| 5 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 believe | obj |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 believe | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 believe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past · do-support | the King | her = she | away property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
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
Nah, he didn't believe her until he stayed up and watched for her himself on three separate nights
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 believe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 believe | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 believe | advmod |
| 6 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | obj |
| 8 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 stayed | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stayed | nsubj |
| 10 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 believe | advcl |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 stayed | compound:prt |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 watched | cc |
| 13 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 stayed | conj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 her | case |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 watched | obl |
| 16 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 watched | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 nights | case |
| 18 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 nights | nummod |
| 19 | separate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 nights | amod |
| 20 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 watched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe | past · do-support | he | her = she | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | stay up | past | he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | watch | past | he not said here | himself = he | night | for her = she | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for she=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, he believed the nurse at once, no proof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 believed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 believed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 believed | nsubj |
| 4 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 nurse | det |
| 6 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 believed | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 believed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 proof | punct |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 proof | det |
| 11 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 believed | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | he | the nurse | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nurse=Stimulus |
Option 3
Nah, he kept watch and saw her for himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 saw | cc |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | conj |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 himself | case |
| 10 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 saw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | watch | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | past | he not said here | her = she | for himself = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he got the proof by watching for her himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 proof | det |
| 6 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 watching | mark |
| 8 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 got | advcl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 her | case |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 watching | obl |
| 11 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | the proof | himself = he obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer proof=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | watch | gerund | he not said here | for her = she | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for she=Theme |
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