Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the…

the turnip was a carriage and the mice were horses, that's lit fr?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: turnip, mice, that · What happens: be · To what, where: carriage, horses, lit fr

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 105 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the crown with a carpet, a ring and a bride; then Snow-White begins» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 turnip	det
2	turnip	turnip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carriage	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 carriage	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 carriage	det
5	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 horses	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mice	det
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 horses	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 horses	cop
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carriage	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fr	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 fr	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fr	cop
14	lit	lit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fr	amod
15	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carriage	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 carriage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	the turnip	a carriage and horses and lit fr	tree rules
2	is a	past	the mice	horses	tree rules
3	is a	present	that	lit fr	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

nah, the carriage was just a regular cart pulled by old mice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 cart	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 carriage	det
4	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cart	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cart	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	9 cart	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cart	det
8	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cart	amod
9	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 cart	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 mice	case
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mice	amod
13	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the carriage	a regular cart					tree rules
2	pull	participle		a regular cart not said here				by old mice	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

nah, it was all a dream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 dream	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dream	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dream	cop
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 dream	det:predet
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dream	det
7	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	all dream					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

no, the mice were just mice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 mice	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mice	det
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mice	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mice	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 mice	advmod
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the mice	mice					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

fr, it really happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happened	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 fr	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 happened	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 happened	advmod
5	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	fr						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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