Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldier…
Wait, was the old hunter lady a proper witch then?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: old hunter lady
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lady | punct |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lady | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lady | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lady | amod |
| 6 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lady | compound |
| 7 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 witch | det |
| 9 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 witch | amod |
| 10 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lady | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Wait | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | then | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the old hunter lady | a proper witch obl:unmarked | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she knew the wishing-cloak and gold tricks, dead sure
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cloak | det |
| 6 | wishing | wishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cloak | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 wishing | punct |
| 8 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knew | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 tricks | cc |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tricks | compound |
| 11 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cloak | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
| 13 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sure | amod |
| 14 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 knew | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | she | the wishing cloak and gold tricks | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cloak=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she was a witch but only sort of, really
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 witch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 witch | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 witch | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 witch | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 witch | det |
| 6 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 sort | cc |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 sort | advmod |
| 9 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 witch | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 sort | fixed |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 witch | punct |
| 12 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 witch | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | a witch | sort nmod | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, just an old lady
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 lady | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 lady | advmod |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lady | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lady | amod |
| 6 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Nah, she only had a cloak, nothing magic about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 had | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 had | advmod |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cloak | det |
| 7 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 magic | punct |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 magic | compound |
| 10 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cloak | conj |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 magic | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | she | a cloak and nothing magic about magic | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Patient |
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