Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road t…

why did the maid end up riding the horse?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: ride · To what, where: horse

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1475 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road to the wedding, the maid takes the princess's place» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 riding	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 end	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maid	det
4	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 end	nsubj
5	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 riding	aux
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 end	compound:prt
7	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horse	det
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 riding	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 riding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	present		the horse					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

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

cause she'd stolen the princess's place and made her swap and then she rode it all the way, mate

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stolen	nsubj
3	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stolen	aux
4	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 cause	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 place	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 princess	case
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stolen	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 stolen	cc
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 swap	nmod:poss
12	swap	swap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 rode	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 rode	advmod
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 rode	nsubj
16	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 made	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 rode	obj
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 way	det:predet
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 way	det
20	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rode	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 mate	punct
22	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 way	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · perfect	cause	the princess's place			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location place=Theme
2	make	past	cause	cause's swap			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset swap=Product
3	ride	past	cause	swap	then	all way and mate obl	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location
4	swap		cause				nom swap «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

because she'd tricked the princess into swapping, then bossed her about and rode the horse to the palace

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	4 tricked	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricked	nsubj
3	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tricked	aux
4	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 bossed	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 swapping	case
8	swapping	swapping	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tricked	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 bossed	advmod
11	bossed	boss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bossed	obj
13	about	about	ADV	_	11 bossed	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 rode	cc
15	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 bossed	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 horse	det
17	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rode	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 palace	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 palace	det
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past · perfect	she	the princess				into swapping result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent princess=Patient into swapping=Result
2	boss	past			princess		then	about property	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary
3	ride	past		the horse		the palace			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to palace=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

because the princess lent her the horse for a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	4 lent	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lent	nsubj
4	lent	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lent	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lent	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	past	the princess	the horse	her = she		day		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient horse=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cause she'd stolen the princess's place and made her swap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stolen	nsubj
3	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stolen	aux
4	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 cause	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 place	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 princess	case
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stolen	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 stolen	cc
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 swap	nmod:poss
12	swap	swap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	steal	past · perfect	cause	the princess's place	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location place=Theme
2	make	past	cause	cause's swap	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset swap=Product
3	swap		cause		nom swap «act transitive»: poss=agent

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