Test 4 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston…

so John got hanged, right, or did he get off?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: John · What happens: get, get off

This is test 4 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	3 got	advmod
2	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hanged	hanged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct
6	right	right	INTJ	_	3 got	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 get	cc
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 get	nsubj
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 got	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 get	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	John					hanged property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	get off	past · do-support	John						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

He was hanged in the square, but the King stopped the execution at the last moment

The tree, 16 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	3 hanged	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hanged	aux:pass
3	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 square	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 square	det
6	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanged	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stopped	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 stopped	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 stopped	nsubj
11	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hanged	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 execution	det
13	execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stopped	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 moment	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 moment	det
16	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 moment	amod
17	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stopped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hange	past · passive		He		the square			tree rules
2	stop	past	the King	the execution			moment		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector execution=Eventuality

Option 2

He escaped and ran to the hills

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 escaped	nsubj
2	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 ran	cc
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 escaped	conj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 hills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hills	det
7	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past	He						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run	past	He not said here					to the hills result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hill=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He was hanged, but a magic stone brought him back to life later

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	3 hanged	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hanged	cop
3	hanged	hanged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 brought	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 brought	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stone	det
7	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stone	compound
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brought	nsubj
9	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hanged	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 brought	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	9 brought	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 life	case
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brought	obl
14	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 brought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					hanged property	tree rules
2	bring back	past	a magic stone	him = he		life		late property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to life=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He turned to stone, no hanging

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 stone	case
4	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hanging	punct
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 hanging	det
7	hanging	hanging	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stone	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He			stone and no hanging			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to stone=Trajectory

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