Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is t…
Bruv, why'd the King hide the kids in a closet?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: hide · To what, where: kids, closet
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 hide | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 hide | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 7 hide | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 hide | nsubj |
| 7 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 kids | det |
| 9 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hide | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 closet | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 closet | det |
| 12 | closet | closet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hide | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 hide | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | the King | the kids | a closet | Bruv vocative | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent kid=Patient in closet=Location |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Cos the Queen was coming back from church and she would have seen them if he hadn't hidden them
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 5 coming | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Queen | det |
| 3 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 coming | aux |
| 5 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 coming | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 church | case |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 coming | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 seen | cc |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 seen | nsubj |
| 11 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 seen | aux |
| 12 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 seen | aux |
| 13 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 coming | conj |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 seen | obj |
| 15 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 19 hidden | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 hidden | nsubj |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 hidden | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 hidden | advmod |
| 19 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 seen | advcl |
| 20 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 hidden | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past · progressive | the Queen | church | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from church=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | see | would · perfect | Queen | them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not hide a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | he | them = they | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 2
Cos the Queen was coming back from church with the priest and wanted to see the kids playing
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 5 coming | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Queen | det |
| 3 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 coming | aux |
| 5 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 coming | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 church | case |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 coming | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 priest | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 priest | det |
| 11 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 coming | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 wanted | cc |
| 13 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 coming | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 see | mark |
| 15 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 wanted | xcomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 kids | det |
| 17 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 see | obj |
| 18 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 kids | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past · progressive | the Queen | church | with the priest | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from church=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | want | past | the Queen not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Queen not said here | the kids | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | play | gerund | the kids not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Cos the Queen was coming back from church
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 5 coming | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Queen | det |
| 3 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 coming | aux |
| 5 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 coming | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 church | case |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 coming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past · progressive | the Queen | church | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from church=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Cos the servants were looking for them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 5 looking | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 servants | det |
| 3 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 looking | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 looking | aux |
| 5 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 looking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past · progressive | the servants | for them = they | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for they=Theme |
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