Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 13: the maid tak…

Mate, what did the old king do the next morning?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: do · To what, where: old king

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 737 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Goose-Girl, part 13: the maid takes the bride's place and Curdken spies» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Mate	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 king	amod
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 morning	det
10	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 morning	amod
11	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obl:unmarked
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Mate	the old king					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality
2	do	present	Mate				morning		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

hid behind the dark gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 gate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gate	amod
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past				the dark gate			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind gate=Location

Option 2

hid behind the dark gate and watched the girl talk to Falada's head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 gate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gate	amod
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hid	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 watched	cc
7	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 hid	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 watched	obj
10	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 watched	xcomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 head	case
12	Falada	Falada	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 head	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Falada	case
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hide	past			the dark gate		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind gate=Location
2	watch	past		the girl			tree rules
3	talk	infinitive	the girl not said here			to Falada's head	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to head=Co-Agent

Option 3

hid in a bush near the meadow and listened to the girl's whispered words

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 bush	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bush	det
4	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hid	obl
5	near	near	ADP	_	7 meadow	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 meadow	det
7	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hid	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 listened	cc
9	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 hid	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	15 words	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 girl	det
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 words	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 girl	case
14	whispered	whisper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 words	amod
15	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 listened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	hide	past		a bush	near the meadow	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bush=Location
2	listen	past			to the girl's whispered words	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme
3	whisper speech: assert	participle				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	word		the girl			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

hid behind the old wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 wall	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wall	amod
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past				the old wall			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind wall=Location

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