Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Crab, part 8: the Crab…

what happens to the twelve eagles when they bathe, mate

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eagles · What happens: happen, bathe

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1684 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Crab, part 8: the Crab builds a wall and garden, then his secret is betrayed» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 eagles	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eagles	det
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 eagles	nummod
6	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 happens	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 bathe	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bathe	nsubj
9	bathe	bathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 happens	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bathe	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bathe	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present						to the twelve eagles	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bathe	present	eagles = eagle					mate vocative	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

they become twelve handsome young princes of the realm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 become	nsubj
2	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 princes	nummod
4	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 princes	amod
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 princes	amod
6	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 become	xcomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 realm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 realm	det
9	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 princes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	they	twelve handsome young princes of the realm					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

they become twelve handsome youths and sing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 become	nsubj
2	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 youths	nummod
4	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 youths	amod
5	youths	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 become	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sing	cc
7	sing	sing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 youths	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	they	twelve handsome youths and sing					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

they become twelve handsome youths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 become	nsubj
2	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 youths	nummod
4	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 youths	amod
5	youths	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	they	twelve handsome youths					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

they turn into twelve horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turn	nsubj
2	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 horses	case
4	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 horses	nummod
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	they					into twelve horses result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into horse=Result

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