Test 12 · ★ · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,…

bruh, Hans thinks riding a horse is the best, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hans, riding · What happens: think, ride, be · To what, where: horse · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	4 thinks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruh	punct
3	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 best	csubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 riding	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 best	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 best	det
10	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 thinks	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 best	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	4 thinks	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Hans			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ride	gerund		a horse		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
3	is	present	riding		good 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

Nah, he says walking is finer, though he did ride a bit on his mother's mule

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 finer	csubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 finer	cop
7	finer	fine	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 says	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ride	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 ride	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ride	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 ride	aux
12	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bit	det
14	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ride	obl:unmarked
15	on	on	ADP	_	19 mule	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 mother	nmod:poss
17	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mule	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 mother	case
19	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ride	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	walk	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	walking		fine property	tree rules
4	ride	past · do-support	he	a bit	on his mother's mule	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he says it's a fine thing, and he whistles as he rides along the road

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thing	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 whistles	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 whistles	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 whistles	nsubj
13	whistles	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 rides	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 rides	nsubj
16	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 whistles	advcl
17	along	along	ADP	_	19 road	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 road	det
19	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	a fine thing		tree rules
3	whistle	present	he			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	ride	present	he		the road	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along road=Trajectory

Option 3

Yeah, but he prefers the cart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 prefers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 prefers	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 prefers	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 prefers	nsubj
5	prefers	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cart	det
7	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prefers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	he	the cart					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cart=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he says it's a fine thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thing	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp

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

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