Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false br…

wait, why did the false bride want Falada dead, was it cos he's annoying?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, false bride, it, Falada · What happens: wait, want, be · To what, where: Falada

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1476 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 63: the false bride takes the princess's place and is found out» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 want	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 want	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 want	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bride	det
6	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bride	amod
7	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 want	nsubj
8	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
9	Falada	Falada	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 want	obj
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 want	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cos	punct
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 cos	cop
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cos	nsubj
14	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 annoying	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 annoying	cop
17	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cos	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	want	past · do-support	the false bride	Falada	dead property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot falada=Theme
3	is	past	it		co property	tree rules
4	is	present	Falada		annoying 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

she thought he was a bit dodgy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dodgy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dodgy	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dodgy	obl:unmarked
7	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he					a bit obl:unmarked; dodgy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah cos he's a fit horse and she fancied him something mad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	10 fancied	discourse
2	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	7 horse	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 horse	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 horse	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	fit	fit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 nah	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fancied	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fancied	nsubj
10	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fancied	obj
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 fancied	obj
13	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 something	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a fit horse					tree rules
2	fancy	past	horse	him = he					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she was scared he'd spill the tea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 spill	nsubj
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 spill	aux
6	spill	spill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 scared	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tea	det
8	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					scared property	tree rules
2	spill	would	he	the tea					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=Theme

Option 4

she was just dead jealous, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 jealous	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 jealous	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 jealous	advmod
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 jealous	amod
5	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 jealous	punct
7	innit	innit	INTJ	_	5 jealous	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					jealous property	tree rules

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