Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning gi…

How did the King finally twig it was her?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: King, it · What happens: be, twig · To what, where: her

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» 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	6 twig	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 How	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 twig	nsubj
5	finally	finally	ADV	_	6 twig	advmod
6	twig	twig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 her	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 her	cop
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 twig	ccomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 twig	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past			how property	tree rules
2	twig	present	the King		finally property	tree rules
3	is a	past	it	her = she		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

he spotted the ring he gave her at the wedding feast

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 spotted	nsubj
2	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spotted	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ring	acl:relcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 feast	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 feast	det
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feast	compound
11	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	he	the ring					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Destination
2	give	past	he	the ring not said here	her = she	the wedding feast			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme at feast=Asset

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

he spotted the ring he gave her

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 spotted	nsubj
2	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spotted	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ring	acl:relcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	he	the ring					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Destination
2	give	past	he	the ring not said here	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

he noticed the locket she wore

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 noticed	nsubj
2	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 locket	det
4	locket	locket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noticed	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wore	nsubj
6	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 locket	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past	he	the locket					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer locket=Stimulus
2	wear	past	she	the locket not said here					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent locket=Source

Option 4

he saw the ring she had kept

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kept	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	aux
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 ring	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	the ring					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus
2	keep	past · perfect	she	the ring not said here					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme

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