Test 4 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road t…

did the dwarf say thanks at all, or was he well rude?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dwarf, he · What happens: say, be · To what, where: thanks, all · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dwarf	det
3	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 thanks	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rude	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 rude	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 rude	cop
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 rude	nsubj
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 rude	advmod
13	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	ccomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the dwarf	thanks		all			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic
2	is	past	he					rude, 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

nah, he just sulked and walked off quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sulked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sulked	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 sulked	advmod
5	sulked	sulk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walked	cc
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sulked	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 walked	compound:prt
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	7 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sulk	past	he						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	walk off	past	he not said here					quietly property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

nah, he was mental rude, calling them hussies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 rude	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rude	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rude	cop
5	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rude	amod
6	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 calling	punct
8	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 rude	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 calling	obj
10	hussies	hussy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 calling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					rude property	tree rules
2	call	gerund	he not said here	them = they					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme hussy=Result

Option 3

yeah, he was dead grateful, thanked them loads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 grateful	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grateful	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grateful	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grateful	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grateful	amod
6	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thanked	punct
8	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grateful	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thanked	obj
10	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 thanked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					grateful property	tree rules
2	thank speech: thank	past	he not said here	loads	them = they				tree rules

Option 4

yeah, he thanked them, but then he was well rude and called them hussies, mate

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thanked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thanked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thanked	nsubj
4	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thanked	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 rude	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 rude	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 rude	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 rude	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 rude	cop
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 rude	advmod
12	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thanked	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 called	cc
14	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thanked	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 called	obj
16	hussies	hussy	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 called	xcomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 mate	punct
18	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hussies	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past	he		them = they			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	is	past	he			then	rude, well property	tree rules
3	call	past	he not said here	them = they				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

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