Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 1: on the road t…
what's the deal with those drops of blood, mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deal · What happens: be
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 what | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 deal | det |
| 4 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 what | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 drops | case |
| 6 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 7 drops | det |
| 7 | drops | drop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 deal | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 blood | case |
| 9 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drops | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mate | punct |
| 11 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 blood | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the deal with that drops of blood and mate | 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
they were cursed, and the dwarf had made them for her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cursed | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cursed | aux:pass |
| 3 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 made | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 made | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dwarf | det |
| 7 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | aux |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cursed | parataxis |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 made | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 her | case |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | past · passive | they | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | past · perfect · passive | the dwarf | for her = she | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Beneficiary they=Product for she=Asset |
Option 2
nah, they were just plain drops, no magic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 drops | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 drops | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 drops | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 drops | advmod |
| 6 | plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 drops | amod |
| 7 | drops | drop | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 magic | punct |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 magic | det |
| 10 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drops | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | they | plain drops and no magic | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
they were magic, and the princess's mum made them for her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 magic | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 magic | cop |
| 3 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 made | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 made | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princess | det |
| 7 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 princess | case |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | nsubj |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 magic | parataxis |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 her | case |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | magic property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | past | the princess's mum | them = they | for princess | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent they=Product for she=Beneficiary |
Option 4
they were magic, and the princess's mum made them with a spell so the girl would be safe
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 magic | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 magic | cop |
| 3 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 made | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 made | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princess | det |
| 7 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 princess | case |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | nsubj |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 magic | parataxis |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 spell | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 spell | det |
| 14 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obl |
| 15 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 20 safe | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 girl | det |
| 17 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 safe | nsubj |
| 18 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 safe | aux |
| 19 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 safe | cop |
| 20 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 made | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | magic property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | past | the princess's mum | them = they | with a spell | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | |||
| 3 | is | would | the girl | safe property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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