Test 7 · ★ · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,…

how'd the prince sneak back into the court?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: prince · What happens: sneak back · To what, where: court

This is test 7 · ★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 sneak	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 sneak	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sneak	nsubj
5	sneak	sneak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 sneak	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 court	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 court	det
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sneak	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sneak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak back	infinitive	the prince			the court			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into court=Destination

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

Dressed as a servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	as	as	ADP	_	4 servant	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 servant	det
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	participle						as a servant	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Through the back gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	4 gate	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
3	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gate	compound
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

Disguised as a poor man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disguised	disguise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	as	as	ADP	_	5 man	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disguised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	participle						as a poor man	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Disguised as a poor man who had come to beg for bread at the kitchen door

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disguised	disguise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	as	as	ADP	_	5 man	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disguised	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 come	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 come	aux
8	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 man	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 beg	mark
10	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 come	xcomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 bread	case
12	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beg	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 door	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 door	det
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 door	compound
16	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beg	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	disguise	participle			as a poor man	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	come	past · perfect	a poor man			tree rules
3	beg speech: request	to-infinitive	a poor man not said here	the kitchen door	for bread	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for bread=Topic

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