Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

Did the bride spill the whole thing at the wedding, or chicken out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bride · What happens: spill out · To what, where: whole thing, wedding

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 747 «Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's daughter escapes the robbers' house» 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	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spill	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bride	det
3	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spill	nsubj
4	spill	spill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spill	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 wedding	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wedding	det
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spill	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 chicken	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 chicken	cc
13	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wedding	conj
14	out	out	ADP	_	4 spill	compound:prt
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 spill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill out	past · do-support	the bride	the whole thing		the wedding or chicken			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thing=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 · ← Mova's choice

She told him the whole thing, and he kept saying it was a dream

The tree, 14 words

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 kept	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kept	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kept	nsubj
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
11	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 dream	csubj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 saying	obj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 dream	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dream	det
15	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kept	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	She	the whole thing	him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient thing=Topic
2	keep	past	he			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	gerund		thing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
4	is a	past	saying	a dream		tree rules

Option 2

She told the guests every detail of the murder plot, and the groom was shocked and ran out of the hall at once

The tree, 23 words

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guests	det
4	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 told	iobj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 detail	det
6	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 plot	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 plot	det
9	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plot	compound
10	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 detail	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 shocked	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 shocked	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 groom	det
14	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shocked	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 shocked	cop
16	shocked	shocked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 told	parataxis
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ran	cc
18	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
19	out	out	ADP	_	22 hall	case
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 hall	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 hall	det
22	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ran	obl
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 once	case
24	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	18 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	She	every detail of the murder plot	the guests			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient detail=Topic
2	is	past	the groom				shocked property	tree rules
3	run	past	She not said here			the hall		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out hall=Trajectory
4	detail			the murder plot				nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She spilled it all, like a dream, and he kept saying "only a dream"

The tree, 14 words

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 spilled	nsubj
2	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spilled	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 it	det
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dream	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 dream	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dream	det
8	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spilled	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kept	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kept	nsubj
12	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spilled	conj
13	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 kept	xcomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 dream	punct
15	only	only	ADV	_	17 dream	advmod
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 dream	det
17	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saying	obj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 dream	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spill	past	She	it	like a dream	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	keep	past	he			tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund	he not said here	a dream		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dream=Topic

Option 4

She confessed the crimes, but he just laughed and said no

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 confessed	nsubj
2	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crimes	det
4	crimes	crime	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 confessed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 laughed	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 laughed	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 laughed	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 laughed	advmod
9	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 confessed	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 said	cc
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 confessed	conj
12	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	confess	past	She	the crimes	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Topic
2	laugh	past	he		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	past	She not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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