Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampi…

how did the prince even find her?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: find · To what, where: her

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1567 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampion, a stolen baby, and a girl locked in a tower» 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	6 find	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 find	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 find	advmod
6	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 find	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · do-support		her = she					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic

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 kept coming back to the wood and listening to her singing

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 coming	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coming	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 listening	cc
9	listening	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 coming	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 singing	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 singing	nmod:poss
12	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 listening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he			tree rules
2	come back	gerund	he not said here	the wood		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial_Location
3	listen	gerund	he not said here		to her singing	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to singing=Theme
4	sing		her = she			nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

he kept returning and hearing her singing

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hearing	cc
5	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 returning	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 singing	nmod:poss
7	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	past	he		tree rules
2	return	gerund	he not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hear	gerund	he not said here	her singing	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer singing=Stimulus
4	sing		her = she		nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

he kept coming back to the wood every day and listening to her singing until he finally figured out where the tower was

The tree, 23 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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 coming	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coming	obl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coming	obl:unmarked
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 listening	cc
11	listening	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 coming	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 singing	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 singing	nmod:poss
14	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 listening	obl
15	until	until	SCONJ	_	18 figured	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 figured	nsubj
17	finally	finally	ADV	_	18 figured	advmod
18	figured	figure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	advcl
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 figured	compound:prt
20	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 figured	ccomp
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 tower	det
22	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 where	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 where	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he				tree rules
2	come back	gerund	he not said here	the wood	day		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial_Location
3	listen	gerund	he not said here			to her singing	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to singing=Theme
4	figure out	past	he			finally property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	the tower			where property	tree rules
6	sing		her = she				nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

a servant told him about the tower, and he kept coming back to the wood to hear her sing for many weeks in a row

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 tower	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tower	det
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kept	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kept	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kept	nsubj
11	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
12	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 kept	xcomp
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 coming	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 wood	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wood	det
16	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 coming	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 hear	mark
18	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 kept	advcl
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 sing	nmod:poss
20	sing	sing	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hear	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 weeks	case
22	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 weeks	amod
23	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 hear	obl
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 row	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 row	det
26	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	a servant		him = he			about the tower	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about tower=Topic
2	keep	past	servant						tree rules
3	come back	gerund	servant not said here			the wood			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial_Location
4	hear	to-infinitive	servant not said here	her sing		a row	week		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sing=Stimulus

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