Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves…

So the prince nicked the witch's cup, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: nick · To what, where: cup

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1928 «Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves his master, then a witch's poison kills a horse, a raven and twelve robbers» 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 nicked	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nicked	nsubj
4	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cup	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 witch	case
8	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nicked	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 nicked	punct
10	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 nicked	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 nicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	the prince	the witch's cup					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient

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

Nah, he got a free pint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pint	det
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pint	amod
7	pint	pint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	a free pint					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pint=Stimulus

Option 2

Yeah, he drank the whole lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 drank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 drank	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drank	nsubj
4	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lot	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lot	amod
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drank	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	he	the whole lot					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he chugged it down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 chugged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chugged	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chugged	nsubj
4	chugged	chug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chugged	obj
6	down	down	ADP	_	4 chugged	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chug down	past	he	it					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he never drank, she warned him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 drank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 drank	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 drank	advmod
5	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 warned	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 warned	nsubj
8	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drank	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 warned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drink	past	he						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	warn speech: warn	past	she		him = he				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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