Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldier…
Bruv, why was the grandma being so nice to the soldier anyway?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandma · What happens: be
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 nice | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 nice | advmod |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 nice | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 grandma | det |
| 6 | grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 nice | nsubj |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 nice | cop |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 nice | advmod |
| 9 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 soldier | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 soldier | det |
| 12 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 nice | obl |
| 13 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 9 nice | advmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 nice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the grandma | to the soldier; Bruv vocative; anyway, nice property | 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
She felt sorry for him and wanted to help him escape the Dragon for good
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 felt | xcomp |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 felt | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wanted | cc |
| 7 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 felt | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 help | mark |
| 9 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wanted | xcomp |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 help | obj |
| 11 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 help | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Dragon | det |
| 13 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 escape | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 good | case |
| 15 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 escape | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | She | for him = he; sorry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | want | past | She not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | escape not said to happen | infinitive | him = he not said here | the Dragon | for good | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dragon=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Because the Dragon had told her to keep the soldier safe until morning, no matter what
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 told | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Dragon | det |
| 3 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 told | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | aux |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | iobj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 keep | mark |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 told | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 soldier | det |
| 10 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keep | obj |
| 11 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 keep | xcomp |
| 12 | until | until | ADP | _ | 13 morning | case |
| 13 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keep | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 matter | punct |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 matter | det |
| 16 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 told | iobj |
| 17 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 told | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past · perfect | the Dragon | no matter | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Dragon not said here | the soldier | morning | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme |
Option 3
She owed the soldier money from years back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 owed | nsubj |
| 2 | owed | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 money | det |
| 4 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 money | compound |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 owed | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 years | case |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 owed | obl |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 owed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | past | She | the soldier money | year | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She felt sorry for him, so she helped him out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 felt | xcomp |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 felt | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 helped | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 helped | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 helped | nsubj |
| 9 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 felt | conj |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 helped | obj |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 helped | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | She | for him = he; sorry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | help out | past | she | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
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