Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston…
what's the deal with the Queen falling over at the dance?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deal · What happens: be, fall over · To what, where: dance
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | 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 Queen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Queen | det |
| 7 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 deal | nmod |
| 8 | falling | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 deal | acl |
| 9 | over | over | ADV | _ | 8 falling | advmod |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 dance | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 dance | det |
| 12 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 falling | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the deal with the Queen | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fall over | gerund | the deal with the Queen not said here | the dance | over property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at dance=Location |
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
She got struck down by a sort of spell
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 struck | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 struck | aux:pass |
| 3 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 struck | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 sort | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sort | det |
| 7 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 spell | case |
| 9 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sort | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike down | past · passive | a sort of spell | She | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | sort | spell | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The bridal shirt she wore had poisoned her skin and made her collapse at the dance
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shirt | det |
| 2 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 shirt | amod |
| 3 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 poisoned | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wore | nsubj |
| 5 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 shirt | acl:relcl |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 poisoned | aux |
| 7 | poisoned | poison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 skin | nmod:poss |
| 9 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 poisoned | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 made | cc |
| 11 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 poisoned | conj |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 collapse | nmod:poss |
| 13 | collapse | collapse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 made | obj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 dance | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 dance | det |
| 16 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | she | the bridal shirt not said here | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme | ||||
| 2 | poison | past · perfect · passive | the bridal shirt | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient skin=Result | |||||
| 3 | make | past | her collapse | the dance | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset collapse=Product | ||||
| 4 | collapse | her = she | nom collapse «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
She fainted from the heat of dancing
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 fainted | nsubj |
| 2 | fainted | faint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 heat | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 heat | det |
| 5 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fainted | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 dancing | case |
| 7 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heat | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | faint | past | She | from the heat of dancing | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer from heat=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | heat | dancing | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4
She was poisoned by the shirt
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 poisoned | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 poisoned | aux:pass |
| 3 | poisoned | poison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 shirt | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shirt | det |
| 6 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 poisoned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poison | past · passive | She | by the shirt | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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