Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Two-Eyes, the silver tree and the golden ap…
did the sisters say sorry in the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sisters · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 130 «Grimm's Tales, Two-Eyes, the silver tree and the golden apples: the Knight marries Two-Eyes and her sisters come begging» 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 sisters | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sisters | det |
| 3 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 say | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sorry | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | present | the sisters | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, they said sorry and promised to never again lie about the tree or be jealous of her eyes
The tree, 19 words
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 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 promised | cc |
| 7 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 lie | mark |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 again | advmod |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 11 lie | advmod |
| 11 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 promised | ccomp |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 tree | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 tree | det |
| 14 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lie | obl |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 jealous | cc |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 jealous | cop |
| 17 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lie | conj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 eyes | case |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 20 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 jealous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | past | they | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | past | they not said here | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | lie not said to happen | present | again | about the tree | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about tree=Location | ||||
| 4 | is | infinitive | of her eyes; jealous property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, they repented for being mean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 repented | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 repented | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 repented | nsubj |
| 4 | repented | repent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 mean | mark |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 mean | cop |
| 7 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 repented | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repent | past | they | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | they not said here | mean property | tree rules |
Option 3
yes, they said sorry for their jealousy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 jealousy | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 jealousy | nmod:poss |
| 8 | jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | past | they | for their jealousy; sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
yeah, they repented for being mean and begged Two-Eyes to forgive them for their wicked deeds
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 repented | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 repented | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 repented | nsubj |
| 4 | repented | repent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 mean | mark |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 mean | cop |
| 7 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 repented | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 begged | cc |
| 9 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 repented | conj |
| 10 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 Eyes | nummod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 Two | punct |
| 12 | Eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 begged | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 forgive | mark |
| 14 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 begged | ccomp |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 forgive | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 deeds | case |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 deeds | nmod:poss |
| 18 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 deeds | amod |
| 19 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 forgive | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repent | past | they | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | they not said here | mean property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | beg speech: request | past | they not said here | Two Eyes | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent eye=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | forgive not said to happen | to-infinitive | Eyes = eye | for Eyes's wicked deeds | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme for deed=Attribute |
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