Test 14 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jorinda and Jorindel: a fairy turns a…

Did the fairy sing a spell, or just shout it out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, shout out · To what, where: fairy sing, sing

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 728 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jorinda and Jorindel: a fairy turns a maiden into a nightingale, and her shepherd lover wins her back» 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 shout	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sing	det
3	fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sing	amod
4	sing	sing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spell	det
6	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shout	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 shout	cc
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 shout	advmod
10	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 shout	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	10 shout	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 shout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	you not said here	the fairy sing				a spell obl:unmarked	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sing=Eventuality
2	shout out speech: express	imperative	you not said here	sing					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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

She shouted a loud spell and then sang a sweet song to the birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spell	det
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spell	amod
5	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sang	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 sang	advmod
8	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 song	det
10	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 song	amod
11	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sang	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 birds	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 birds	det
14	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	She	a loud spell					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Topic
2	sing speech: express	past	She not said here	a sweet song	the birds		then		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to bird=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She sang a spell in a hoarse voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spell	det
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 voice	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 voice	det
7	hoarse	hoarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 voice	amod
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	She	a spell		a hoarse voice			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spell=Theme

Option 3

She hummed a rhyme in a sweet voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hummed	nsubj
2	hummed	hum	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rhyme	det
4	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hummed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 voice	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 voice	det
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 voice	amod
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hummed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hum	past	She	a rhyme		a sweet voice			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhyme=Topic

Option 4

She sang a long spell in a hoarse voice that echoed through the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spell	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spell	amod
5	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 voice	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 voice	det
8	hoarse	hoarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 voice	amod
9	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 echoed	nsubj
11	echoed	echo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 voice	acl:relcl
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 castle	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 castle	det
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 echoed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	She	a long spell		a hoarse voice			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spell=Theme
2	echo	past	a hoarse voice			the castle			vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through castle=Location

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