Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Clever Tailor: the tai…
was the tailor good at tailoring or nah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tailor · What happens: be, tailor
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1933 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Clever Tailor: the tailor guesses the Princess's hair and tames the bear» 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 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 good | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tailor | det |
| 3 | tailor | tailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 good | nsubj |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 6 tailoring | mark |
| 6 | tailoring | tailor | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 good | advcl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 nah | cc |
| 8 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 tailoring | discourse |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 good | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the tailor | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tailor | gerund | the tailor not said here | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=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
Yeah, he knew his trade so well that every garment he made fit the Princess perfectly.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 trade | nmod:poss |
| 6 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knew | obj |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 well | advmod |
| 8 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 knew | advmod |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 fit | mark |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 garment | det |
| 11 | garment | garment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fit | nsubj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 made | nsubj |
| 13 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 garment | acl:relcl |
| 14 | fit | fit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 knew | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Princess | det |
| 16 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 fit | obj |
| 17 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 14 fit | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | he | his trade | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer trade=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | make | past | garment | every garment not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Product | ||||
| 3 | fit | infinitive | every garment | the Princess | perfectly property | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | |||
| 4 | trade | his = he | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Nah, he didn't even know his trade properly, he was mostly a fiddler and a joker.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 know | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 know | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 know | advmod |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 know | advmod |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 trade | nmod:poss |
| 9 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 know | obj |
| 10 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 7 know | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fiddler | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 fiddler | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 fiddler | cop |
| 14 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 16 fiddler | advmod |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 fiddler | det |
| 16 | fiddler | fiddler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 know | parataxis |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 joker | cc |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 joker | det |
| 19 | joker | joker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fiddler | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | past · do-support | he | his trade | properly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer trade=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is a | past | he | a fiddler and a joker | mostly property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | trade | his = he | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Nah, he could barely sew a straight seam.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 sew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sew | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 sew | aux |
| 5 | barely | barely | ADV | _ | 6 sew | advmod |
| 6 | sew | sew | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 seam | det |
| 8 | straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 seam | amod |
| 9 | seam | seam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sew | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sew | could | he | a straight seam | barely property | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seam=Product |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he didn't even know his trade properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 know | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 know | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 know | advmod |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 know | advmod |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 trade | nmod:poss |
| 9 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 know | obj |
| 10 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 7 know | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | past · do-support | he | his trade | properly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer trade=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | trade | his = he | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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