Test 4 · ★ · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…

So the Dwarf just wanted her firstborn for nothing, that's well out of order?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dwarf, that · What happens: want, be · To what, where: firstborn, order

This is test 4 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Dwarf	det
3	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 firstborn	nmod:poss
7	firstborn	firstborn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 nothing	case
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 wanted	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 order	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 order	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 order	cop
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 order	advmod
14	out	out	ADP	_	16 order	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 order	case
16	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the Dwarf	Dwarf's firstborn				for nothing	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot firstborn=Theme
2	is	present	that			order		well 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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, but the King made her promise it first and then he took it back anyway

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 made	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 promise	nmod:poss
8	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 promise	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 promise	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 took	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 took	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 took	nsubj
14	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 made	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 took	obj
16	back	back	ADV	_	14 took	advmod
17	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	14 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the King				tree rules
2	promise speech: promise	infinitive	the King not said here	it		first property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	take back	past	King	it	then	anyway property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Nah, she only promised him a bit of gold and her ring, not her kid at all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 promised	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 promised	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 promised	advmod
5	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 promised	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 promised	obl:unmarked
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 gold	case
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ring	cc
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 ring	nmod:poss
13	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 kid	punct
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 kid	advmod
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 kid	nmod:poss
17	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 kid	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	she	a bit of gold and her ring and her kid at all	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she promised him that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 promised	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 promised	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 promised	nsubj
4	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 promised	iobj
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 promised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	she	that	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal that=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, she did that, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 did	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bruv	punct
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	she	that				bruv vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

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