Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to…

bro, what did Lucky Luck say the prince had to do to save his servant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lucky, prince · What happens: say, have, do, save · To what, where: bro, servant · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
5	Lucky	Lucky	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
6	Luck	Luck	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Lucky	flat
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 bro	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 do	mark
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 had	xcomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 save	mark
14	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 do	advcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 servant	nmod:poss
16	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 save	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Lucky	bro	tree rules
2	have	past	the prince		tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	the prince not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	save	to-infinitive	the prince not said here	prince's servant	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=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 · ← Mova's choice

rub three drops on his wrists with grass and then wait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 drops	nummod
3	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 rub	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 wrists	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wrists	nmod:poss
6	wrists	wrist	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 rub	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 grass	case
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 rub	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wait	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 wait	advmod
11	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 rub	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	imperative	you not said here	three drops				with grass; on his wrists	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent drop=Experiencer on wrist=Theme with grass=Instrument
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here				then		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

rub three drops on his wrists with grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 drops	nummod
3	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 rub	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 wrists	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wrists	nmod:poss
6	wrists	wrist	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 rub	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 grass	case
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 rub	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	imperative	you not said here	three drops				with grass; on his wrists	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent drop=Experiencer on wrist=Theme with grass=Instrument

Option 3

wash his feet with milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 feet	nmod:poss
3	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 wash	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 milk	case
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wash	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	his feet				with milk	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent foot=Patient with milk=Instrument

Option 4

rub three drops on his wrists with grass, every single night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 drops	nummod
3	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 rub	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 wrists	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wrists	nmod:poss
6	wrists	wrist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drops	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 grass	case
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrists	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 night	punct
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 night	det
11	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 night	amod
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 rub	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	imperative	you not said here	three drops		his wrists with grass	night		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent drop=Theme on wrist=Destination

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