Test 7 · ★ · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

how's the king supposed to survive the chestnut horse??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: suppose, survive · To what, where: chestnut horse

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 supposed	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 supposed	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supposed	nsubj
5	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 survive	mark
7	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 supposed	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 horse	det
9	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 horse	compound
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 survive	obj
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	5 supposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suppose	present · passive	the king						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	survive	to-infinitive	the king not said here	the chestnut horse					vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme horse=Circumstance

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

somebody just needs to shoot that horse dead with the pistol before it grabs him, obviously

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 needs	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 needs	advmod
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 shoot	mark
5	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 needs	xcomp
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shoot	obj
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shoot	xcomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 pistol	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pistol	det
11	pistol	pistol	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shoot	obl
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 grabs	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 grabs	nsubj
14	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shoot	advcl
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 grabs	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 needs	punct
17	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	3 needs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	need	present	somebody		obviously property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	shoot not said to happen	to-infinitive	somebody not said here	that horse	with the pistol; dead property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent horse=Patient with pistol=Instrument
3	grab	present	horse	him = he		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

you hide the King in the cabin, easy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 hide	nsubj
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cabin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cabin	det
7	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 easy	punct
9	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cabin	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	you	the King		the cabin			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent king=Patient in cabin=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

someone shoots it dead with the pistol, simple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 shoots	nsubj
2	shoots	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shoots	obj
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shoots	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 pistol	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pistol	det
7	pistol	pistol	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shoots	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 simple	punct
9	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pistol	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	present	someone	it				with the pistol; dead property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with pistol=Instrument

Option 4

someone cuts the reins and runs it off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 cuts	nsubj
2	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reins	det
4	reins	rein	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cuts	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 runs	cc
6	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cuts	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 runs	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 runs	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present	someone	the reins					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rein=Product
2	run off	present	someone not said here	it					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory

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