Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the Nixy: the hunter is…

how did she know it was him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, it · What happens: know, be · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1703 «Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the Nixy: the hunter is pulled under the pond, and his wife wins him back» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 know	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 know	nsubj
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 him	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 him	cop
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 know	ccomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past · do-support	she						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	it	him = he					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 recognised his voice from the forest

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 recognised	nsubj
2	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 voice	nmod:poss
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognised	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	past	she	his voice		the forest			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she cried at his flute, and he remembered

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 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 flute	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 flute	nmod:poss
5	flute	flute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cried	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 remembered	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 remembered	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 remembered	nsubj
9	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	she			his flute			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at flute=Location
2	remember	past	he						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

she asked the old witch and the witch told her where to look

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 witch	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 witch	amod
5	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 witch	det
8	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 look	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 look	mark
13	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	she	the old witch	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent witch=Recipient
2	tell speech: assert	past	the witch	her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	look not said to happen	to-infinitive	the witch not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

she saw his old scar on his hand

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 scar	nmod:poss
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 scar	amod
5	scar	scar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 hand	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	she	his old scar		his hand			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scar=Stimulus
2	scar		his = he						nom scar «state transitive»: poss=agent

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