Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flu…
Bruv, why did the flute-player not get scared like the other two?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not get
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1939 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Musicians, part 76: the flute-player seizes the dwarf's beard and is led over a river into a golden land» 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 get | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 get | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 get | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 player | det |
| 6 | flute | flute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 player | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 flute | punct |
| 8 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 get | advmod |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 get | xcomp |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 two | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 two | det |
| 14 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 two | amod |
| 15 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 scared | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | past · do-support | Bruv vocative; scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 had heard the castle was haunted and wanted to see the ghost
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 heard | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 heard | aux |
| 3 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 castle | det |
| 5 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 haunted | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 haunted | aux:pass |
| 7 | haunted | haunt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 heard | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 wanted | cc |
| 9 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 heard | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 see | mark |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wanted | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ghost | det |
| 13 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · perfect | He | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | haunt | past · passive | the castle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | want | past | He not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the ghost | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ghost=Stimulus |
Option 2
He had a dodgy heart and no real plan
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 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 heart | det |
| 4 | dodgy | dodgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 heart | amod |
| 5 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 plan | cc |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 plan | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 plan | amod |
| 9 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heart | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | a dodgy heart and no real plan | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He was dead brave and fancied the treasure
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 | 4 brave | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 brave | cop |
| 3 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brave | amod |
| 4 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fancied | cc |
| 6 | fancied | fancy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 brave | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 treasure | det |
| 8 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fancied | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | brave property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fancy | past | He not said here | the treasure | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treasure=Stimulus |
Option 4
He got bored of the fiddle and the drum and wanted some food
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 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 fiddle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fiddle | det |
| 6 | fiddle | fiddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bored | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 drum | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 drum | det |
| 9 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fiddle | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 wanted | cc |
| 11 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 12 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 food | det |
| 13 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | He | bored property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | want | past | He not said here | some food | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme |
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