Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Salad, part 12: the Hunter punishes the…

no cap, what did the giants say about him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap, giants · What happens: do, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giants	det
7	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 say	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	no cap						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the giants					about him = he	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

they said kill him but then changed their minds and said let him live, he's not worth it

The tree, 19 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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kill	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 changed	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 changed	advmod
7	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 minds	nmod:poss
9	minds	mind	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 changed	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 said	cc
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 changed	conj
12	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	ccomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	obj
14	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 worth	punct
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 worth	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 worth	cop
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 worth	advmod
19	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 worth	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kill	infinitive		him = he			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	change	past	they not said here	their minds	then		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
4	say speech: assert	past	they not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	let	infinitive		him = he			tree rules
6	live	infinitive	him = he not said here				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	not is	present	he			worth property	tree rules
8	mind		their = they				nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

let him live, cause he's not worth any more trouble from the giants

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 let	obj
3	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 let	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cause	punct
5	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 let	conj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 worth	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 worth	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 worth	advmod
9	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	ccomp
10	any	any	ADV	_	12 trouble	advmod
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 trouble	advmod
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 worth	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 giants	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 giants	det
15	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 trouble	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he		tree rules
2	live	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cause	infinitive	you not said here			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
4	not is	present	he		worth property	tree rules

Option 3

spare him, he's no threat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	spare	spare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 spare	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 threat	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 threat	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 threat	cop
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 threat	det
7	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 spare	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spare	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Asset
2	is a	present	he	no threat					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

let him live, he's not worth it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 let	obj
3	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 let	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 worth	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worth	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 worth	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 worth	advmod
8	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 let	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worth	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he		tree rules
2	live	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not is	present	he		worth property	tree rules

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