Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleep…

Wait, why did the grey dwarf look so gutted?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, grey dwarf · What happens: wait, look, gut

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 look	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 look	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 look	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dwarf	det
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dwarf	amod
7	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 look	nsubj
8	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 gutted	advmod
10	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 look	xcomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	past · do-support	the grey dwarf	tree rules
3	gut	participle	the grey dwarf not said here	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: 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

Cos the youth had nicked his beard and then ran off to the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 youth	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 youth	det
3	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nicked	obl
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nicked	aux
5	nicked	nick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 beard	nmod:poss
7	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nicked	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ran	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 ran	advmod
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nicked	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 ran	compound:prt
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 castle	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 castle	det
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past · perfect		his beard				cos the youth	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient
2	run off	past					then	to the castle result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to castle=Result

Option 2

Cos the Princess said no to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 Princess	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Princess	det
3	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obl
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 said	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past		no	him = he			cos the Princess	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to he=Recipient

Option 3

Cos the youth had got his wand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 got	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 youth	det
3	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 got	aux
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wand	nmod:poss
7	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · perfect	the youth	youth's wand					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wand=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cos the youth had nicked his beard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 youth	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 youth	det
3	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nicked	obl
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nicked	aux
5	nicked	nick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 beard	nmod:poss
7	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past · perfect		his beard				cos the youth	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient

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