Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is t…

Wait, why'd John burn the shirt if the King wanted it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, John, King · What happens: wait, burn, want · To what, where: shirt

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 burn	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 burn	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 burn	aux
5	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 burn	nsubj
6	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shirt	det
8	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burn	obj
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 wanted	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 King	det
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 wanted	nsubj
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 burn	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wanted	obj
14	?	?	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	burn	would	John	the shirt	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme
3	want a condition, not said to happen	past	the King	shirt	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

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

Cos the crows said that if the King wore it, he would get the bride's blood on him and she'd fall

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 said	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crows	det
3	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 get	mark
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 wore	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 wore	nsubj
9	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 get	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wore	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wore	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 get	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 get	aux
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bride	det
16	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 blood	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 bride	case
18	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 get	obj
19	on	on	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 get	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 fall	cc
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 fall	nsubj
23	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 fall	aux
24	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 get	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the crows			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wear a condition, not said to happen	past	the King	it		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	get	would	King	the bride's blood	on him = he	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent blood=Theme on he=Source
4	fall	would	bride			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Cos the crows told him that the shirt was cursed and would kill whoever put it on first, so he burned it

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 crows	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crows	det
3	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	obl
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 cursed	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shirt	det
8	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cursed	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 cursed	aux:pass
10	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 told	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kill	cc
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 kill	aux
13	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 cursed	conj
14	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 put	nsubj
15	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 kill	ccomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 put	obj
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 first	case
18	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 put	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 burned	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 burned	advmod
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 burned	nsubj
22	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 burned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past			him = he	cos the crows	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	curse	past · passive		the shirt			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	kill	would					tree rules
4	put	past	whoever	shirt			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on first=Destination
5	burn	past	he	shirt			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cos the crows said it'd make the King lose his bride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 said	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crows	det
3	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 make	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 lose	nsubj
10	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 make	ccomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bride	nmod:poss
12	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the crows		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	would	it		tree rules
3	lose	present	the King	King's bride	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Eventuality

Option 4

Cos the King was rubbish at sewing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 rubbish	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rubbish	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rubbish	cop
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 sewing	case
7	sewing	sewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rubbish	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the King			sewing		cos rubbish	tree rules

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