Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a…

Wait, so the king just said yes to the tailor's whole thing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king · What happens: wait, say · To what, where: whole thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
8	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 said	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	14 thing	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tailor	det
11	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thing	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 tailor	case
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 thing	amod
14	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the king		the tailor's whole thing				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to thing=Recipient

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

Yeah, he had no real choice, so he agreed to the whole deal with a grumpy face

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 agreed	advcl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 choice	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 choice	amod
7	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 agreed	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 agreed	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 agreed	nsubj
11	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 deal	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 deal	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 deal	amod
15	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 agreed	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 face	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 face	det
18	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 face	amod
19	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	no real choice					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Patient
2	agree speech: agree	past	he					to the whole deal with a grumpy face	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, he banned the tailor forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 banned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 banned	nsubj
4	banned	ban	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tailor	det
6	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 banned	obj
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 banned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	past	he	the tailor				forever property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer tailor=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, he got mad but agreed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	xcomp
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 agreed	cc
7	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he					mad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	agree speech: agree	participle	he not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he had no choice, lowkey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 choice	det
6	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lowkey	punct
8	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 choice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	no choice and lowkey					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Patient

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