Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to…

ngl, what did the three girls want to know, like what's their deal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl, three girls · What happens: do, want, know, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 girls	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 girls	nummod
7	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 want	nsubj
8	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 know	mark
10	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 want	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 deal	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	16 deal	case
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 deal	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 deal	cop
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 deal	nmod:poss
16	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 know	ccomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	ngl		tree rules
2	want	present	the three girls		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	the three girls not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	present		like girls's deal	tree rules

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

why no lad ever came to woo them, even though they were pretty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 came	advmod
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 lad	det
3	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 came	advmod
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 were	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 woo	mark
7	woo	woo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 came	xcomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 woo	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 were	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	13 were	advmod
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 were	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 were	nsubj
13	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	13 were	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	no lad		ever		tree rules
2	woo	to-infinitive	no lad not said here	them = they			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	be	past	they			pretty property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

why no lad ever came to woo them at their mill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 came	advmod
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 lad	det
3	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 came	advmod
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 woo	mark
7	woo	woo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 came	xcomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 woo	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 mill	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mill	nmod:poss
11	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 woo	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	no lad				ever		tree rules
2	woo	to-infinitive	no lad not said here	them = they		their mill			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

why no lad ever came to woo them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 came	advmod
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 lad	det
3	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 came	advmod
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 woo	mark
7	woo	woo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 came	xcomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 woo	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	no lad				ever		tree rules
2	woo	to-infinitive	no lad not said here	them = they					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

why no man came to visit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 came	advmod
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 visit	mark
6	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 came	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	no man						tree rules
2	visit	to-infinitive	no man not said here						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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