Test 1 · ★ · Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal ta…

Mate, how did the servant suddenly get the ducks' talk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ducks · What happens: get, talk · To what, where: Mate

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1932 «Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal talk and the animals repay his kindness» 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	8 get	obl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ducks	det
10	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 talk	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 ducks	case
12	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support		Mate				suddenly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer talk=Stimulus
2	talk		the ducks						nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

He'd eaten a little bit of the white snake that the cook had cooked for the King.

The tree, 18 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	3 eaten	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bit	amod
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eaten	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 snake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 snake	det
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 snake	amod
10	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nmod
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 cooked	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cook	det
13	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cooked	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 cooked	aux
15	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 snake	acl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 King	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 King	det
18	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 cooked	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	He	a little bit of the white snake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient
2	cook	past · perfect · passive	the white snake not said here	the cook				for the King	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for king=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He'd eaten a bit of the white snake.

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	3 eaten	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eaten	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 snake	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snake	det
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 snake	amod
9	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	He	a bit of the white snake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient

Option 3

He'd tasted a small piece of the white snake from the covered dish at the palace table.

The tree, 18 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	3 tasted	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tasted	aux
3	tasted	taste	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 piece	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 piece	amod
6	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tasted	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 snake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 snake	det
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 snake	amod
10	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 piece	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 dish	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 dish	det
13	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 dish	amod
14	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 snake	nmod
15	at	at	ADP	_	18 table	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 table	det
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 table	compound
18	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dish	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tasted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	past · perfect	He	a small piece of the white snake from the covered dish at the palace table					vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme piece=Attribute
2	cover	participle							vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He'd eaten the black snake.

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	3 eaten	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 snake	det
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 snake	amod
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eaten	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	He	the black snake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Patient

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