Test 13 · ★ · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…

Did the Dwarf say something human is dearer than gold, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dwarf, something human · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Dwarf	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Dwarf	det
3	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 human	compound
6	human	human	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dearer	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dearer	cop
8	dearer	dear	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 say	ccomp
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 gold	case
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dearer	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dearer	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 say	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Dwarf						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	something human					than gold; dear property	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

Yep, he wanted her first child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 child	nmod:poss
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	her first child					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot child=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yep, and then he laughed at her and danced off into the dark forest with his prize

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 laughed	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 laughed	cc
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 laughed	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 laughed	nsubj
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 laughed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 danced	cc
10	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 laughed	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 danced	compound:prt
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 forest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 forest	det
14	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 forest	amod
15	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 danced	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 prize	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 prize	nmod:poss
18	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 danced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	he				then	at her = she	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dance off	past	he not said here			the dark forest		with his prize	vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme into forest=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, he said something human

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 said	obj
6	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	something					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic

Option 4

Yeah, he said life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	life					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent life=Topic

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