Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's…
Did the brothers turn into swans on purpose?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brothers · What happens: turn · To what, where: swans
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1678 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's bargain with a witch, and six brothers turned into swans» 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=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 brothers | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brothers | det |
| 3 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 turn | nsubj |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 swans | case |
| 6 | swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 turn | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 purpose | case |
| 8 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 turn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | the brothers | swans | on purpose | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into swan=Source on purpose=Trajectory |
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
Nah, the shirts were enchanted by the Queen who wanted them to become swans forever
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 enchanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shirts | det |
| 4 | shirts | shirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 enchanted | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 enchanted | aux:pass |
| 6 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 Queen | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Queen | det |
| 9 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 enchanted | obl |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 wanted | nsubj |
| 11 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 enchanted | parataxis |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wanted | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 become | mark |
| 14 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 wanted | xcomp |
| 15 | swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 become | xcomp |
| 16 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 14 become | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | past · passive | the Queen | the shirts | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | want | past | shirts = shirt | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | become not said to happen | to-infinitive | shirts = shirt not said here | swans | forever property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Nah, the shirts were enchanted by the Queen and they had no idea what would happen
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 enchanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shirts | det |
| 4 | shirts | shirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 enchanted | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 enchanted | aux:pass |
| 6 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 Queen | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Queen | det |
| 9 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 enchanted | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 had | cc |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 had | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 enchanted | conj |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 idea | det |
| 14 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 had | obj |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 happen | nsubj |
| 16 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 happen | aux |
| 17 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 idea | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | past · passive | the Queen | the shirts | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | have | past | shirts = shirt | no idea | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | ||||
| 3 | happen | would | no idea | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, the shirts were enchanted by the Queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 enchanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shirts | det |
| 4 | shirts | shirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 enchanted | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 enchanted | aux:pass |
| 6 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 Queen | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Queen | det |
| 9 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 enchanted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | past · passive | the Queen | the shirts | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
Option 4
Nah, the Queen's magic turned their shirts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 turned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 magic | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Queen | case |
| 6 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turned | nsubj |
| 7 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 shirts | nmod:poss |
| 9 | shirts | shirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 turned | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the Queen's magic | their shirts | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme |
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