Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to…
fr, why did the prince refuse to wear those robes the king sent?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, wear, send · To what, where: prince refuse, robes
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 663 «Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to save his servant» 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 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 did | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 fr | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 refuse | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 refuse | compound |
| 7 | refuse | refuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 wear | mark |
| 9 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 refuse | acl |
| 10 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 11 robes | det |
| 11 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 wear | obj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sent | nsubj |
| 14 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 robes | acl:relcl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 fr | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the prince refuse | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refuse=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | wear | to-infinitive | that robes | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Theme | |||||
| 3 | send | participle | the king | that robes not said here | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme |
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
they were too small
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 small | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 small | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 small | advmod |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | small property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
the servant begged him, so he said no
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 servant | det |
| 2 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 begged | nsubj |
| 3 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 begged | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 said | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 begged | conj |
| 9 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 said | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | the servant | him = he | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | servant | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |
Option 3
they were too itchy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 itchy | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 itchy | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 itchy | advmod |
| 4 | itchy | itchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | itchy property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
the king forbade it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forbade | nsubj |
| 3 | forbade | forbid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 forbade | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forbid | past | the king | it | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Theme |
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