Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is t…

Mate, did John really get turned to stone just for telling the truth?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: turn, tell · To what, where: John, stone, truth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 116 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is turned to stone, then brought back to life with blood; three princes set out for the water of life» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 turned	aux
4	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 turned	nsubj
5	really	really	ADV	_	7 turned	advmod
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 turned	aux:pass
7	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 stone	case
9	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	obl
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 telling	advmod
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 telling	mark
12	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 turned	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 truth	det
14	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 telling	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive · do-support		John		stone		Mate vocative	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to stone=Trajectory
2	tell speech: assert	gerund		the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=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

Nah, he got a right telling off

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 right	det
6	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 right	acl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 telling	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	a right					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer right=Stimulus
2	tell off speech: assert	gerund	a right not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nah, he got turned into a statue, then the King used the kids' blood to bring him back to life

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 turned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 turned	nsubj
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	aux:pass
5	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 statue	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 statue	det
8	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 used	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 used	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 used	nsubj
13	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kids	det
15	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 blood	nmod:poss
16	'	's	PART	_	15 kids	case
17	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 used	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 bring	mark
19	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 used	advcl
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 bring	obj
21	back	back	ADV	_	19 bring	advmod
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 life	case
23	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	turn	past · passive		he	a statue		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into statue=Trajectory
2	use	past	the King	the kids's blood		then	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient
3	bring back	to-infinitive	the King not said here	King	life		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to life=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the King turned him to stone for telling the truth about the crows and the bride

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 turned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 turned	nsubj
5	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 turned	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 stone	case
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 telling	mark
10	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 turned	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 truth	det
12	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 telling	obj
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 crows	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 crows	det
15	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 telling	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 bride	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bride	det
18	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 crows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the King	him = he		stone			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme to stone=Trajectory
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	the King not said here	the truth				about the crows and the bride	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about crow=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, proper, the King had him stoned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	proper	properly	ADV	_	7 had	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 proper	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 stoned	aux
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	obj
9	stoned	stone	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stone	past · perfect							vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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