Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampi…

wait, why couldn't she just say one word to save them?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she · What happens: wait, not say, save · To what, where: one word, them · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 say	advmod
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 say	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 say	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 word	nummod
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 save	mark
12	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 say	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 save	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not say speech: assert	could	she	one word	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	save	to-infinitive	she not said here	them = they	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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

one word would've killed them, and also the witch would've come after her, so it's a whole mess honestly

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 word	nummod
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killed	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 killed	aux
4	've	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 killed	aux
5	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 killed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 come	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 come	cc
9	also	also	ADV	_	14 come	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 witch	det
11	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 come	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 come	aux
13	've	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 come	aux
14	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 killed	conj
15	after	after	ADP	_	16 her	case
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 come	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 mess	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	23 mess	advmod
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 mess	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 mess	cop
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 mess	det
22	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 mess	amod
23	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killed	parataxis
24	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	23 mess	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	kill	would · perfect · passive		one word			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer they=Result
2	come	would · perfect	the witch		after her = she		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	word	a whole mess		honestly property	tree rules

Option 2

talking would have ruined it, that's the big catch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 ruined	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ruined	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 ruined	aux
4	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ruined	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 catch	punct
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 catch	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 catch	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 catch	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 catch	amod
11	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ruined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	talk	gerund			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ruin	would · perfect · passive		it	tree rules
3	is a	present	that	the big catch	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

one word would've killed them, that's the whole sus part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 word	nummod
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 killed	aux
4	've	have	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 killed	aux
5	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 word	acl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 killed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 part	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 part	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 part	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 part	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 part	amod
12	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 part	compound
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 word	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	would · perfect	one word and the whole sus part not said here	word					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	is a	present	that	the whole sus part					tree rules

Option 4

she tried to say one word once but the spell caught her throat and she fainted in the woods for hours

The tree, 21 words

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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 say	mark
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 word	nummod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 say	advmod
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 caught	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spell	det
10	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caught	nsubj
11	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	conj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 throat	nmod:poss
13	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caught	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fainted	cc
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fainted	nsubj
16	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 woods	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 woods	det
19	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 fainted	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 hours	case
21	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 fainted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	she					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	one word			once property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	catch	past	the spell	spell's throat				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throat=Theme
4	faint	past	spell		the woods	hour		vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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