Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston…

bruv, why did John shoot that horse, was he mental?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bruv · What happens: be

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mental	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shoot	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 shoot	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shoot	aux
5	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shoot	compound
6	shoot	shoot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bruv	conj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shoot	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruv	punct
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 mental	cop
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mental	nsubj
12	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 mental	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	bruv and John shoot and that horse					mental 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 · ✓ the right answer

He saved the King from a trap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saved	nsubj
2	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 saved	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 trap	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trap	det
7	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	He	the King		a trap			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent king=Theme from trap=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Because the ravens told him the horse would carry the poisoned bridal shirt to the King

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 told	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ravens	det
3	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carry	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 carry	aux
9	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shirt	det
11	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 shirt	amod
12	bridal	bridal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shirt	amod
13	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carry	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 King	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 King	det
16	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the ravens		him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	carry	would	the horse	the poisoned bridal shirt	the King	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme to king=Destination
3	poison	participle				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He had been ordered by the Queen to kill it so she could marry another man quickly

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ordered	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ordered	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 ordered	aux:pass
4	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Queen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ordered	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 kill	mark
9	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ordered	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 kill	obj
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 marry	advmod
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 marry	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 marry	aux
14	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ordered	xcomp
15	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 man	det
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 marry	obj
17	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	14 marry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	order	past · perfect · passive	the Queen	He		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	kill	to-infinitive	the Queen not said here	it		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	marry not said to happen	could	she	another man	quickly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient

Option 4

He wanted to stop the ride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ride	det
6	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the ride					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality ride=Eventuality

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