Test 11 · ★ · Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest s…

so he should use the old saddle, not the fancy golden one?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: use · To what, where: old saddle

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 725 «Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest son catches the bird, is caught, and must fetch a golden horse» 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	_	4 use	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 use	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 use	aux
4	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 saddle	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 saddle	amod
7	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 one	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 one	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 one	det
11	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 one	amod
12	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 one	amod
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saddle	appos
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	should	he	the old saddle					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, that's what the fox said, so he should use the old one

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 what	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 what	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	cop
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 said	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 use	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 use	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 use	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 use	aux
13	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	that		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the fox		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	use	should	fox	the old one	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 2

Nah, the golden saddle is best, because the fox said it was strongest and fastest of all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 best	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 saddle	det
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 saddle	amod
5	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 best	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 best	cop
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 said	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fox	det
11	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 best	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 strongest	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 strongest	cop
15	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 said	ccomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fastest	cc
17	fastest	fast	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 strongest	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 fastest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the golden saddle	good property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the fox		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	fox	strong property	tree rules
4	be		fox not said here	of all	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, that's what the fox said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 what	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 what	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	cop
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the fox						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yeah, that's what the groom said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 what	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 what	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	cop
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 groom	det
7	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the groom						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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