Test 9 · ★ · Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest s…

the gold horse is in a stall, not in some field, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: gold horse · What happens: be · To what, where: stall

This is test 9 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horse	det
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 horse	compound
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stall	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stall	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 stall	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stall	det
7	stall	stall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 field	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 field	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stall	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 field	punct
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	12 field	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 stall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the gold horse			a stall and some field			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, it stands in a castle stall next to the groom's bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stands	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stands	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stands	nsubj
4	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 stall	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stall	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stall	compound
8	stall	stall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stands	obl
9	next	next	ADV	_	4 stands	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 groom	det
12	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bed	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 groom	case
14	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 next	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	it			a castle stall		next property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in stall=Location

Option 2

Nah, it stands out in a king's field, guarded by three soldiers and a dog

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stands	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stands	nsubj
4	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 stands	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 field	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 field	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stands	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 guarded	punct
12	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 field	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 soldiers	case
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 soldiers	nummod
15	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 guarded	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 dog	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 dog	det
18	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 soldiers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand out	present	it			a king's field			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location
2	guard	participle		a king's field not said here				by three soldiers and a dog	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it stands in a castle stall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stands	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stands	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stands	nsubj
4	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 stall	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stall	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stall	compound
8	stall	stall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stands	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	it			a castle stall			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in stall=Location

Option 4

Yeah, it stands in a castle yard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stands	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stands	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stands	nsubj
4	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 yard	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 yard	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 yard	compound
8	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stands	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	it					in a castle yard	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in yard=Location

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