Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldier…
Right, the whip, what did they do with it in the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: do · To what, where: whip, end
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» 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 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 4 whip | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 whip | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 whip | det |
| 4 | whip | whip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 do | obj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 do | aux |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 do | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 whip | acl:relcl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 do | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 end | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 end | det |
| 14 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 do | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 whip | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | they | the whip | in the end | with whip | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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
They whipped out loads of money whenever they wanted
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 whipped | nsubj |
| 2 | whipped | whip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 whipped | compound:prt |
| 4 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 whipped | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 money | case |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loads | nmod |
| 7 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 wanted | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wanted | nsubj |
| 9 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 whipped | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whip out | past | They | loads of money | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent load=Material | ||||
| 2 | want | past | loads = load | whenever property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2
They traded it for food at the village market
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 traded | nsubj |
| 2 | traded | trade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 traded | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 food | case |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 traded | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 market | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 market | det |
| 8 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 market | compound |
| 9 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 traded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trade | past | They | it | the village market | for food | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for food=Co-Theme |
Option 3
They whipped out loads of money whenever they wanted, and shared it all with the Dragon's servants
The tree, 18 words
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 whipped | nsubj |
| 2 | whipped | whip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 whipped | compound:prt |
| 4 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 whipped | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 money | case |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loads | nmod |
| 7 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 wanted | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wanted | nsubj |
| 9 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 whipped | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 shared | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 shared | cc |
| 12 | shared | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 whipped | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 shared | obj |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 it | det |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 servants | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Dragon | det |
| 17 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 servants | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 Dragon | case |
| 19 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 shared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whip out | past | They | loads of money | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent load=Material | ||||
| 2 | want | past | loads = load | whenever property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | share | past | They not said here | money | with the Dragon's servants | tree rules |
Option 4
They used it to buy the whole village and then whipped out a palace for their king to live in
The tree, 20 words
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 used | nsubj |
| 2 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 used | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 buy | mark |
| 5 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 used | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 village | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 village | amod |
| 8 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 whipped | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 whipped | advmod |
| 11 | whipped | whip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 used | conj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 whipped | compound:prt |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 palace | det |
| 14 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 whipped | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 king | case |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 king | nmod:poss |
| 17 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 whipped | obl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 live | mark |
| 19 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 whipped | advcl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | They | it | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | buy | to-infinitive | They not said here | the whole village | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme | ||||
| 3 | whip out | past | They not said here | a palace | then | for their king | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent palace=Material | ||
| 4 | live in | to-infinitive | They not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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