Test 13 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the…
lol what was the hunter's sneaky lie at the castle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: sneaky lie, castle
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1688 «Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the faithless trio with magic cabbage» 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 8 lie | discourse |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 lie | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 lie | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hunter | det |
| 5 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lie | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 hunter | case |
| 7 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 lie | amod |
| 8 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 castle | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 castle | det |
| 11 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lie | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 lie | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the hunter's sneaky lie | the castle | 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 · ← Mova's choice
he pretended to be the King's own messenger carrying an important message home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pretended | nsubj |
| 2 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 messenger | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 messenger | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 messenger | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 messenger | amod |
| 9 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pretended | ccomp |
| 10 | carrying | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 messenger | acl |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 message | det |
| 12 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 message | amod |
| 13 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carrying | obj |
| 14 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 carrying | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | he not said here | the King's own messenger | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | carry | gerund | the King's own messenger not said here | a important message | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
Option 2
he claimed he was a King's man
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 claimed | nsubj |
| 2 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 man | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 man | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 man | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 claimed | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | a King's man | tree rules |
Option 3
he said he was the King's messenger and showed a fake letter from the castle
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 messenger | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 messenger | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 messenger | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | ccomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 showed | cc |
| 10 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 letter | det |
| 12 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 letter | amod |
| 13 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 showed | obj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 castle | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 castle | det |
| 16 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 showed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | the King's messenger | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | show | past | he not said here | a fake letter | the castle | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
he said he was the King's messenger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 messenger | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 messenger | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 messenger | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | the King's messenger | tree rules |
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