Test 13 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new he…
Honestly, why did the youth keep going back to the king?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: youth · What happens: keep, go back
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1643 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new helpers join the ship and the king's fleet is blinded by fog» 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 | Honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 7 keep | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Honestly | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 keep | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 keep | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 youth | det |
| 6 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 keep | nsubj |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 keep | xcomp |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 going | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 king | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 going | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 keep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past · do-support | the youth | honestly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go back | gerund | the youth not said here | to the king result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to king=Result |
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
Because he wanted to marry the princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 wanted | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 marry | mark |
| 5 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princess | det |
| 7 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 marry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
Option 2
Because he wanted to see the king's palace again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 wanted | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 palace | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 king | case |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the king's palace | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus |
Option 3
Because he wanted to marry the princess and become king one day after the old man died
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 wanted | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 marry | mark |
| 5 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princess | det |
| 7 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 marry | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 become | cc |
| 9 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 marry | conj |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 become | xcomp |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 day | nummod |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 become | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 17 died | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 man | det |
| 15 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 man | amod |
| 16 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 died | nsubj |
| 17 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 become | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | ||||
| 3 | become | infinitive | he not said here | king | day | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 4 | die | past | the old man | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4
Because he kept hoping the king would forget the bargain and give the princess to him
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 kept | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 kept | nsubj |
| 3 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | hoping | hope | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 forget | csubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hoping | obj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 forget | aux |
| 8 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 kept | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bargain | det |
| 10 | bargain | bargain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forget | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 give | cc |
| 12 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 forget | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 princess | det |
| 14 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 give | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 him | case |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hope | gerund | the king | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | forget | would | hoping | the bargain | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | give | infinitive | hoping not said here | the princess | king | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to he=Recipient |
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