Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…

Did the messenger find his name, or did he just get lost in the woods?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: messenger · What happens: find, do, lose, name · To what, where: name, messenger, woods

This is test 8 · ★ 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=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 find	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 messenger	det
3	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	nsubj
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 did	cc
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 find	conj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 lost	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	13 lost	advmod
12	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 lost	aux:pass
13	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 did	ccomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 woods	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 woods	det
16	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 lost	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	find	past · do-support	the messenger	messenger's name		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
2	do	past	the messenger not said here			tree rules
3	lose	present · passive		messenger	the woods	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	name		messenger			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

He never found him, he just got lost in the woods for three days and nights

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 found	advmod
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lost	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lost	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 lost	advmod
8	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux:pass
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 found	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 woods	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 woods	det
12	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lost	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 days	case
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 days	nummod
15	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lost	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 nights	cc
17	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 days	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find	past	He	him = he					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
2	lose	past · passive		he		the woods	day		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

He spotted him near a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spotted	nsubj
2	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spotted	obj
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 tree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spotted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	He		him = he	a tree			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He found the Dwarf sleeping in a cave, snoring loudly beside a dying fire

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sleeping	det
4	Dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sleeping	amod
5	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 cave	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cave	det
8	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 snoring	punct
10	snoring	snore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 found	advcl
11	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	10 snoring	advmod
12	beside	beside	ADP	_	15 fire	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fire	det
14	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 fire	amod
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 snoring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	the Dwarf sleeping	a cave		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleeping=Topic
2	snore	gerund	He not said here		a dying fire	loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	die	gerund					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He saw him dancing by a fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	obj
4	dancing	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 saw	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dancing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	He	him = he					tree rules
2	dance	gerund	him = he not said here					by a fire	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location

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