Test 8 · ★ · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…
Did Ali Baba's son get hitched to the girl?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: hitch · To what, where: son
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1472 «Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the wood after the pebbles and the crumbs» 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 | 7 hitched | aux |
| 2 | Ali | Ali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 son | nmod:poss |
| 3 | Baba | Baba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Ali | flat |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Ali | case |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hitched | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hitched | aux:pass |
| 7 | hitched | hitch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 girl | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 girl | det |
| 10 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hitched | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 hitched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hitch | past · passive · do-support | Ali's son | to the girl | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to girl=Co-Patient |
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
Yeah, Morgiana, the clever servant who hid in the jars and killed the thieves with a dagger in the house
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 14 killed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Morgiana | punct |
| 3 | Morgiana | Morgiana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 killed | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 servant | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 servant | det |
| 6 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 servant | amod |
| 7 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Morgiana | appos |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 hid | nsubj |
| 9 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 servant | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 jars | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 jars | det |
| 12 | jars | jar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hid | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 hid | cc |
| 14 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 thieves | det |
| 16 | thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 killed | obj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 dagger | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 dagger | det |
| 19 | dagger | dagger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 killed | obl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 house | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 house | det |
| 22 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 dagger | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the clever servant | the jars | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in jar=Location | ||||
| 2 | kill | past | Morgiana | the thieves | with a dagger in the house | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent thief=Patient with dagger=Instrument |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, Morgiana, the slave girl who saved the family from the robbers and then married him after the wedding feast
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 Morgiana | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Morgiana | punct |
| 3 | Morgiana | Morgiana | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 girl | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 6 | slave | slave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 girl | compound |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Morgiana | appos |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 saved | nsubj |
| 9 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 girl | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 family | det |
| 11 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 saved | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 robbers | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 robbers | det |
| 14 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 saved | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 married | cc |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 married | advmod |
| 17 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 saved | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 married | obj |
| 19 | after | after | ADP | _ | 22 feast | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 feast | det |
| 21 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 feast | compound |
| 22 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 married | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | past | the slave girl | the family | the robbers | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent family=Theme from robber=Source | |||
| 2 | marry | past | the slave girl not said here | Morgiana | after the wedding feast; then | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3
No, he married the oil merchant's girl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 married | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 married | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 married | nsubj |
| 4 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 merchant | det |
| 6 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 merchant | compound |
| 7 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 girl | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 merchant | case |
| 9 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 married | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | past | he | the oil merchant's girl | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, Morgiana, and they had a massive wedding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Morgiana | punct |
| 3 | Morgiana | Morgiana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Yeah | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 had | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 had | cc |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 wedding | det |
| 9 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 wedding | amod |
| 10 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | they | a massive wedding | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Patient |
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