Test 13 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldier…
So the Hunter got the gold because he ate the bird's heart?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hunter · What happens: get, eat · To what, where: gold, heart
This is test 13 · ★ 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Hunter | det |
| 3 | Hunter | Hunter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gold | det |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 ate | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ate | nsubj |
| 9 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bird | det |
| 11 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 heart | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 bird | case |
| 13 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ate | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the Hunter | the gold | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | eat | past | Hunter | the bird's heart | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |
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, he gave it away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | obj |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 gave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give away | past | he | it | away property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, he swallowed it, and the witch sold him gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 swallowed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swallowed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 swallowed | nsubj |
| 4 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 swallowed | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sold | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sold | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 witch | det |
| 9 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sold | nsubj |
| 10 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 swallowed | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sold | obj |
| 12 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | past | he | it | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | sell | past | the witch | gold | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he swallowed it whole, then the gold came every morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 swallowed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swallowed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 swallowed | nsubj |
| 4 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 swallowed | obj |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 swallowed | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 came | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 came | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gold | det |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | nsubj |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 swallowed | conj |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 morning | det |
| 13 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | past | he | it | whole property | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 2 | come | past | the gold | then; morning | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nah, he ate the cloak and got the gold that way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 ate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ate | nsubj |
| 4 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cloak | det |
| 6 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ate | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 got | cc |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ate | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gold | det |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obj |
| 11 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 way | det |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ate | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | he | the cloak | that way obl:unmarked | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Patient | |||
| 2 | get | past | he not said here | the gold | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus |
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