Test 8 · ★ · Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest s…
was the youngest son gonna be executed no matter what?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: execute · To what, where: youngest son
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 executed | aux:pass |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 3 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 son | amod |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 executed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | gonna | gonna | PART | _ | 7 executed | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 executed | aux:pass |
| 7 | executed | execute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 matter | det |
| 9 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 executed | obj |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 executed | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 executed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | execute | past · passive | the youngest son | 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
Yeah, he had to die
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 die | mark |
| 6 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 had | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | die | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 2
Nah, if he got the golden bird he lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 got | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 lives | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bird | det |
| 7 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bird | amod |
| 8 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 lives | nsubj |
| 10 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get a condition, not said to happen | past | he | the golden bird | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | live | present | bird | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, if he got the golden horse he lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 got | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 lives | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 horse | det |
| 7 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 horse | amod |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 lives | nsubj |
| 10 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get a condition, not said to happen | past | he | the golden horse | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | live | present | horse | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, the king would not spare him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 spare | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spare | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 spare | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 spare | advmod |
| 7 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 spare | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not spare | would | the king | him = he | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Asset |
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