Test 7 · ★ · Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lo…

What was the red stone thing supposed to be, like?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, suppose · To what, where: red stone thing

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 754 «Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lovers, Roland forgets, and Snowdrop is sent into the wood» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 thing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thing	compound
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 thing	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 be	mark
9	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 supposed	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	7 supposed	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	the red stone thing	tree rules
2	suppose	participle	the red stone thing not said here	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	be	to-infinitive		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

A stone for the grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stone	det
2	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 grave	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grave	det
5	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stone	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A landmark, waiting for Roland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 landmark	det
2	landmark	landmark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 waiting	punct
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 landmark	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 Roland	case
6	Roland	Roland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund	a landmark not said here					for Roland	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A landmark that stood on the hill, waiting for Roland to come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 landmark	det
2	landmark	landmark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 hill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 waiting	punct
9	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stood	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 Roland	case
11	Roland	Roland	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 waiting	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 come	mark
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 waiting	advcl
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	stand	past	a landmark	the hill		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location
2	wait	gerund	a landmark not said here		for Roland	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come back	to-infinitive	a landmark not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A red stone girl who was meant to be a guide for travellers on the road.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 girl	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 girl	amod
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 girl	compound
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 meant	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 meant	aux:pass
7	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 girl	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	11 guide	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 guide	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 guide	det
11	guide	guide	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meant	xcomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 travellers	case
13	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 guide	nmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 road	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 road	det
16	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guide	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 girl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past · passive		a red stone girl					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive		a guide		the road		for travellers	tree rules

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