Test 12 · ★ · Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a…
Real talk, what did the king end up giving him in the end?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Real talk · What happens: do, end up, give · To what, where: king, end
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 742 «Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a unicorn and a boar, and frightens off his foes» 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 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 talk | amod |
| 2 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 end | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 talk | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obj |
| 8 | end | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 end | compound:prt |
| 10 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 end | xcomp |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 giving | iobj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 end | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 end | det |
| 14 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 giving | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 end | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Real talk | the king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | end up | present | Real talk | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | give | gerund | Real talk not said here | king | in the end | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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
His daughter, half his kingdom, and a golden feast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 2 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 kingdom | punct |
| 4 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 6 kingdom | det:predet |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 6 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 daughter | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 feast | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 feast | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 feast | det |
| 10 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 feast | amod |
| 11 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 daughter | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
His daughter and the whole of his kingdom after his death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 2 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whole | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 whole | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 whole | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 kingdom | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 8 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whole | obl |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 death | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 death | nmod:poss |
| 11 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whole | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | his = he | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
His horse, his sword, and one farm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 horse | nmod:poss |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sword | punct |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sword | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 horse | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 farm | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 farm | cc |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 farm | nummod |
| 9 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 horse | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
His daughter and half his kingdom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 2 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 kingdom | cc |
| 4 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 6 kingdom | det:predet |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 6 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 daughter | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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