Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 19: John is t…
Why did the eldest son get stuck in the mountain pass?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eldest son, mountain · What happens: do, get, pass
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 son | det |
| 4 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 son | amod |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | ccomp |
| 7 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 get | xcomp |
| 8 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 11 pass | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pass | det |
| 10 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pass | nsubj |
| 11 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 stuck | xcomp |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | get | present | the eldest son | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | pass | infinitive | mountain | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 rocks fell on his horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 rocks | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rocks | det |
| 3 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 horse | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 horse | nmod:poss |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | the rocks | on his horse | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on horse=Location |
Option 2
Cos the King had sent a guard to block the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 5 sent | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sent | aux |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 guard | det |
| 7 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 block | mark |
| 9 | block | block | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sent | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 road | det |
| 11 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 block | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · perfect · passive | the King | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination guard=Theme | |||||
| 2 | block | to-infinitive | the road | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer road=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Cos he was rude to the dwarf and it got narrow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 rude | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rude | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rude | cop |
| 4 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 dwarf | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dwarf | det |
| 7 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rude | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 got | cc |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rude | conj |
| 11 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | to the dwarf; rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | past | dwarf | narrow property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Cos he got lost in the snow and the road went dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 lost | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | aux:pass |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 went | advcl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 snow | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 snow | det |
| 7 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 road | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 road | det |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 snow | conj |
| 11 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 went | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · passive | he | the snow and the road | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | go | past | dark property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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