Test 13 · ★ · German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings ho…
so Lucia was actually the crossbow guy's girl, right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lucia · What happens: be · To what, where: girl
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 688 «German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings home a barrel of gold and meets a sad young lover» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 girl | advmod |
| 2 | Lucia | Lucia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 girl | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 girl | cop |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 9 girl | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 guy | det |
| 6 | crossbow | crossbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 guy | compound |
| 7 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 girl | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 guy | case |
| 9 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 girl | punct |
| 11 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 9 girl | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 girl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Lucia | the crossbow guy's girl | actually property | 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
nope, he was just a friend who wanted to help her with her father
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 7 friend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 friend | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 friend | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 friend | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 friend | det |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 wanted | nsubj |
| 9 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 friend | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 help | mark |
| 11 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wanted | xcomp |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 help | obj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 father | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 father | nmod:poss |
| 15 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 help | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a friend | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | past | a friend | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | a friend not said here | friend | with friend's father | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary with father=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, he was dead gone for her and begged her to marry him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 dead | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 dead | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dead | cop |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 dead | acl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gone | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 begged | cc |
| 10 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dead | conj |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 begged | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 marry | mark |
| 13 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 begged | advcl |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 marry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | participle | for her = she | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for she=Beneficiary | |||||
| 3 | beg speech: request | past | he not said here | her = she | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | marry | to-infinitive | he not said here | him = he | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, he was keen on her a bit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 keen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 keen | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 keen | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 keen | cop |
| 5 | keen | keen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 keen | obl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bit | det |
| 9 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keen | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | on her = she; a bit obl:unmarked; keen property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he was dead gone for her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 dead | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 dead | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dead | cop |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 dead | acl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | participle | for her = she | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for she=Beneficiary |
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