Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King…

wait, who's the mate who keeps telling the King stuff?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, mate · What happens: wait, be, keep, tell · To what, where: mate, King stuff · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 115 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King sees a portrait, falls in love, and sails off with its princess» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mate	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 mate	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mate	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mate	det
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	parataxis
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 keeps	nsubj
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mate	acl:relcl
9	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keeps	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stuff	det
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 stuff	compound
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 telling	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		the mate	tree rules
3	keep	present	the mate		tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	gerund	the mate not said here	the King stuff	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stuff=Recipient

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

the bloke with the stable keys, the one who swore an oath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bloke	det
2	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 keys	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 keys	det
5	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keys	amod
6	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bloke	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 swore	nsubj
11	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 one	acl:relcl
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 oath	det
13	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	the one	a oath					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality

Option 2

the old mate who spent ages in the cellars with the King's wine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mate	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mate	amod
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 spent	nsubj
5	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 mate	acl:relcl
6	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spent	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cellars	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cellars	det
9	cellars	cellar	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spent	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	14 wine	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 wine	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 King	case
14	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	the old mate	ages		the cellars		with the King's wine	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Asset

Option 3

the chamberlain Peter, honest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Peter	det
2	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Peter	nmod:desc
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Peter	punct
5	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Peter	amod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

faithful John, the trusty one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 John	amod
2	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 one	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	trusty	trusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 John	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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