Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the c…

did the smith even see the princess that night, nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: smith · What happens: see · To what, where: princess

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» 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	5 see	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 smith	det
3	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	nsubj
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 nah	punct
11	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 see	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	the smith	the princess			night		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus

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 answered her every question

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 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 answered	obj
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 question	det
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	he	every question	her = she				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Theme question=Eventuality

Option 2

he stayed quiet and still, so he didn't see her face at all that night

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	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 still	cc
5	still	still	ADV	_	3 quiet	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 see	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 see	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 see	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 see	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 see	advmod
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stayed	conj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 face	nmod:poss
13	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 see	obl
16	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	he				night	quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not see	past · do-support	he	her face		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he kept quiet and gave no answer

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	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kept	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gave	cc
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	conj
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 answer	det
7	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he					quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	give	past	he not said here	no answer					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he spoke to her at first but then kept quiet and gave no reply when she threatened him

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 her	case
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 first	case
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 spoke	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 kept	advmod
9	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spoke	conj
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kept	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gave	cc
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spoke	conj
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 reply	det
14	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obj
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 threatened	advmod
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 threatened	nsubj
17	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spoke	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 threatened	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	he		her = she			vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent
2	keep	past	he not said here			then	quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	give	past	he not said here	no reply				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reply=Theme
4	threaten	past	she	him = he				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

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