Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings…

Mate, what does Hans reckon happens when the sun goes down?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hans, Mate, sun · What happens: reckon, happen, go down · To what, where: Mate

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1799 «Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings the bells, outwits the headless dwarves, then rides off through snow» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happens	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 reckon	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 reckon	obj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reckon	aux
5	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 reckon	nsubj
6	reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mate	conj
7	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 goes	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 goes	nsubj
11	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 happens	advcl
12	down	down	ADV	_	11 goes	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present · do-support	Hans	Mate		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute
2	happen	present	Mate			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go down	present	the sun		down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

He is no longer bound by the agreement and may go to the tavern until dawn with the other servants

The tree, 20 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	5 bound	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bound	aux:pass
3	no	no	ADV	_	4 longer	advmod
4	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 bound	advmod
5	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 agreement	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 agreement	det
8	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bound	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 go	cc
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 go	aux
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bound	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 tavern	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tavern	det
14	tavern	tavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl
15	until	until	ADP	_	16 dawn	case
16	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 servants	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 servants	det
19	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 servants	amod
20	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	present · passive	the agreement	He				long property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	go	may	the agreement not said here			the tavern	dawn	with the other servants	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tavern=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He becomes a free 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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	He	a free man					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He stops being the minister's servant

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 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stops	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 minister	det
5	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 servant	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 minister	case
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	He	the minister's servant					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector servant=Eventuality

Option 4

He turns into a dwarf and joins the card players in the church tower

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 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 dwarf	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dwarf	det
5	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 joins	cc
7	joins	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 turns	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 players	det
9	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 players	compound
10	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 joins	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 tower	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tower	det
13	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tower	compound
14	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 joins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	He					into a dwarf result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into dwarf=Result
2	join	present	He not said here	the card players		the church tower			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent player=Patient

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