Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road t…

so the maid was a proper sneaky cow, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: maid · What happens: be · To what, where: proper sneaky cow

This is test 6 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	8 cow	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 maid	det
3	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cow	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cow	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cow	det
6	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cow	amod
7	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cow	amod
8	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cow	punct
10	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 cow	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 cow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the maid	a proper sneaky cow					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she bossed the princess about and nicked her place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 bossed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bossed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bossed	nsubj
4	bossed	boss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bossed	obj
7	about	about	ADV	_	4 bossed	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 nicked	cc
9	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bossed	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 nicked	obj
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boss	past	she		the princess			about property	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Beneficiary
2	nick	past	she not said here	place	princess				vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary place=Theme

Option 2

yeah, she was a proper sneaky cow, bossed the princess about, nicked her place and got away with it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 cow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cow	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cow	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cow	det
6	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cow	amod
7	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cow	amod
8	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bossed	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cow	punct
10	bossed	boss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princess	det
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nicked	nsubj
13	about	about	ADV	_	15 nicked	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 about	punct
15	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 bossed	ccomp
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 place	nmod:poss
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nicked	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 got	cc
19	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 nicked	conj
20	away	away	ADV	_	19 got	advmod
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	a proper sneaky cow		tree rules
2	boss	past	a proper sneaky cow			tree rules
3	nick	past	the princess	princess's place	about property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient
4	get away	past	the princess not said here		with place; away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah, she made the princess cry and sat in the saddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cry	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cry	compound
7	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sat	cc
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 saddle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 saddle	det
12	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	she	the princess cry					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Product
2	sit	past	she not said here			the saddle			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in saddle=Location

Option 4

yeah, she bossed the princess about all the way and then nicked her place and her horse, mate

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 bossed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bossed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bossed	nsubj
4	bossed	boss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bossed	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	10 way	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 way	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 princess	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 nicked	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 nicked	advmod
13	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bossed	conj
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 place	nmod:poss
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nicked	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 horse	cc
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 horse	nmod:poss
18	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 place	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 mate	punct
20	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 place	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boss	past	she		the princess			about all way	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Beneficiary
2	nick	past	she not said here	princess's place and princess's horse and mate			then		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient

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