Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, part 24: the youngest…
the king wanted the prince to be a master thief, what's up with that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, prince · What happens: want, be · To what, where: prince, master thief
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1635 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Bird Grip, part 24: the youngest prince pays a murderous host, escapes, and meets the fox again» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 thief | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 thief | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 thief | det |
| 9 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thief | compound |
| 10 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 what | punct |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 thief | nmod |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 what | cop |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 's | compound:prt |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 that | case |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 's | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the king | the prince | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a not said to happen | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | a master thief | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | tree rules |
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 prince said yes to every task because the fox told him to, and then he kept doing it even when he didn't want to
The tree, 26 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 said | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 task | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 task | det |
| 7 | task | task | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 told | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fox | det |
| 10 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 told | nsubj |
| 11 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | advcl |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 told | iobj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 told | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 kept | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 kept | cc |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 kept | advmod |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 kept | nsubj |
| 18 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 19 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 18 kept | xcomp |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 doing | obj |
| 21 | even | even | ADV | _ | 26 want | advmod |
| 22 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 26 want | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 want | nsubj |
| 24 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 want | aux |
| 25 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 26 want | advmod |
| 26 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 kept | advcl |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 want | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the prince | every task | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to task=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the fox | prince | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | keep | past | fox | then | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | do | gerund | fox not said here | task | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | not want | past · do-support | fox | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
the prince said yes to stuff to get out of trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 said | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stuff | mark |
| 6 | stuff | stuff | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 get | mark |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 stuff | xcomp |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 trouble | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 trouble | case |
| 11 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the prince | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | stuff | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | get out | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | trouble | tree rules |
Option 3
the king wanted a thief to steal for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 thief | det |
| 5 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 steal | mark |
| 7 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 steal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the king | a thief | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | steal not said to happen | to-infinitive | a thief not said here | for king | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
the prince was forced to steal to pay debts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 forced | aux:pass |
| 4 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 steal | mark |
| 6 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 forced | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 pay | mark |
| 8 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 steal | xcomp |
| 9 | debts | debt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | force | past · passive | the prince | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | steal | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pay | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | debts | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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