Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston…

did John say something before they topped him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: John, they · What happens: say, top · To what, where: something, John · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
2	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 say	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 topped	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 topped	nsubj
7	topped	top	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 say	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 topped	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	John	something					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
2	top	past	they	John					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

He told the King he was wrongly done

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	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 told	iobj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 done	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 done	aux:pass
7	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	8 done	advmod
8	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 told	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		the King				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do	past · passive		King				wrongly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

He told the King that the Queen had been poisoned by his own hand and that he deserved death

The tree, 19 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	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	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 told	iobj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 poisoned	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 poisoned	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 poisoned	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 poisoned	aux:pass
10	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 told	ccomp
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 hand	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hand	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hand	amod
14	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 poisoned	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 deserved	cc
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 deserved	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 deserved	nsubj
18	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
19	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 deserved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		the King	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	poison	past · perfect · passive	King's own hand	the Queen		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
3	deserve	past	King	death		tree rules

Option 3

He asked the executioner to make it quick and to pray with him for the Queen's soul

The tree, 18 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	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 executioner	det
4	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 make	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pray	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 pray	mark
11	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pray	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	18 soul	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Queen	det
16	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 soul	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Queen	case
18	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pray	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He	the executioner		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent executioner=Recipient clause=Topic
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	the executioner not said here	executioner	quick property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3	pray	to-infinitive	the executioner not said here		with him = he; for the Queen's soul	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for soul=Theme

Option 4

He said he had been treated unfairly

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	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	6 treated	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 treated	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 treated	aux:pass
6	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 said	ccomp
7	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	_	6 treated	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	treat	past · perfect · passive		he				unfairly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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