Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is…

Dude, what did the giant say when he heard the prince had no eyes?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: giant, he, prince · What happens: say, hear, have · To what, where: Dude, eyes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 684 «Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is blinded and goes to the giant» 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	Dude	dude	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 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giant	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Dude	acl:relcl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 heard	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 heard	nsubj
10	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prince	det
12	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	nsubj
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 heard	ccomp
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 eyes	det
15	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 had	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the giant	Dude	tree rules
2	hear	past	he		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	have	past	the prince	no eyes	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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

He wondered who had done this to the prince

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 wondered	nsubj
2	wondered	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 done	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 done	aux
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 wondered	ccomp
6	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 done	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 prince	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	past	He						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	do	past · perfect		this				to the prince	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He asked what had happened to his eyes

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happened	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happened	aux
5	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 asked	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eyes	nmod:poss
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	happen	past · perfect						to his eyes	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He asked anxiously what the prince had done with them

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anxiously	anxiously	ADV	_	2 asked	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 done	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 done	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 done	aux
8	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 asked	ccomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He					anxiously property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past · perfect	the prince					with them = they	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 4

He asked who had blinded him

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 blinded	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blinded	aux
5	blinded	blind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 asked	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blinded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	blind	past · perfect		him = he					tree rules

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