Test 13 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the…
So the old king snuffed it, right? How did he go?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: old king, king · What happens: snuff, go · To what, where: it
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 114 «Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the feast three times, loses a golden slipper, and the prince seeks his bride; the old king makes faithful John promise to guard his son» 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
Sentence 1: So the old king snuffed it, right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 snuffed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 king | amod |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 snuffed | nsubj |
| 5 | snuffed | snuff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 snuffed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 snuffed | punct |
| 8 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 5 snuffed | discourse |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 snuffed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snuff | past | the old king | it | 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.
Sentence 2: How did he go?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 go | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · do-support | king | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
he expired after John's promise
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 expired | nsubj |
| 2 | expired | expire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 promise | case |
| 4 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 promise | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 John | case |
| 6 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 expired | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expire | past | he | after John's promise | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | promise | John | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
he died after John's oath
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 died | nsubj |
| 2 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 oath | case |
| 4 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 oath | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 John | case |
| 6 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | he | after John's oath | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
he died after the long feast
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 died | nsubj |
| 2 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 feast | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 feast | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feast | amod |
| 6 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | he | after the long feast | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4
he died peacefully after he had called John to his side and given his final words
The tree, 16 words
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 died | nsubj |
| 2 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | peacefully | peacefully | ADV | _ | 2 died | advmod |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 called | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 called | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 called | aux |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 died | advcl |
| 8 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 called | xcomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 side | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 side | nmod:poss |
| 11 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 called | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 given | cc |
| 13 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 called | conj |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 words | nmod:poss |
| 15 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 words | amod |
| 16 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 given | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | he | peacefully property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | call | past · perfect | he | John's side | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to side=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | give | participle | he not said here | John's final words | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | ||||
| 4 | word | John | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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