Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is t…

Who was the dandyprat then, the little man on the road?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: dandyprat

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 dandyprat	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dandyprat	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dandyprat	det
4	dandyprat	dandyprat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 dandyprat	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 man	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dandyprat	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 man	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dandyprat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the dandyprat and the little man on the road			then		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.

The options

Option 1

The man who sold them the horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 sold	nsubj
4	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 man	acl:relcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sold	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the man	them = they					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient horse=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The old man who had told the King about the water of life, and who turned out to be a wizard

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 turned	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 told	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 told	aux
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 man	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 told	iobj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 life	case
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 water	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 turned	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 turned	cc
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 turned	nsubj
17	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	out	out	ADP	_	17 turned	compound:prt
19	to	to	PART	_	22 wizard	mark
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 wizard	cop
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 wizard	det
22	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 turned	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect	the old man		the King	about the water of life	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent king=Recipient about water=Topic
2	turn out	past	the old man				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	to-infinitive	the old man not said here	a wizard			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The dwarf who the princes were rude to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dwarf	det
2	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rude	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 rude	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princes	det
5	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rude	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	cop
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	7 rude	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dwarf					rude property	tree rules

Option 4

The dwarf who the princes were rude to on the road, and who then cursed the eldest son in the pass

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dwarf	det
2	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cursed	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 rude	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princes	det
5	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rude	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	cop
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dwarf	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	7 rude	xcomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rude	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 cursed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cursed	cc
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 cursed	nsubj
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 cursed	advmod
16	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 son	det
18	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 son	amod
19	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cursed	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 pass	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 pass	det
22	pass	pass	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cursed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dwarf			the road		rude property	tree rules
2	curse	past	the dwarf	the eldest son		the pass	then		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme

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