Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Snowdrop, part 31: the queen's three disgui…

Mad, why did the dwarfs not bury Snowdrop when she looked dead?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dwarfs, Snowdrop · What happens: not bury, look · To what, where: Snowdrop

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 755 «Grimm's Tales, Snowdrop, part 31: the queen's three disguises, then the poisoned apple» 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	Mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bury	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 bury	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bury	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dwarfs	det
6	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bury	nsubj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 bury	advmod
8	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mad	conj
9	Snowdrop	Snowdrop	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 bury	obj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 looked	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 looked	nsubj
12	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bury	advcl
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 looked	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bury	past · do-support	the dwarfs	Snowdrop					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snowdrop=Theme
2	look	past	Snowdrop					dead property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

Her cheeks were still rosy and she looked alive, so they said she could not go in the cold ground, not yet, not ever, as long as she looked so well

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cheeks	nmod:poss
2	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rosy	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rosy	cop
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 rosy	advmod
5	rosy	rosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 looked	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 looked	nsubj
8	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rosy	conj
9	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 looked	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 said	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rosy	conj
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 go	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 go	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 go	advmod
17	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 said	ccomp
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 ground	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ground	det
20	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 ground	amod
21	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 go	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 yet	punct
23	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 yet	advmod
24	yet	yet	ADV	_	17 go	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 ever	punct
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 ever	advmod
27	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	24 yet	advcl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 looked	punct
29	as	as	ADV	_	30 long	advmod
30	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	33 looked	advmod
31	as	as	SCONJ	_	33 looked	mark
32	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 looked	nsubj
33	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rosy	conj
34	so	so	ADV	_	35 well	advmod
35	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	33 looked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her cheeks		still	rosy property	tree rules
2	look	past	she			alive property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	past	cheeks = cheek				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	not go	could	she	the cold ground	yet		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in ground=Location
5	look	past	she			long, well property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Her cheeks were still rosy, so they said she could not go in the cold ground and must stay in glass where they could see her always

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cheeks	nmod:poss
2	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rosy	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rosy	cop
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 rosy	advmod
5	rosy	rosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rosy	conj
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 go	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 go	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 go	advmod
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 ground	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ground	det
16	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 ground	amod
17	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 stay	cc
19	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 stay	aux
20	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 go	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 glass	case
22	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stay	obl
23	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	26 see	advmod
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 see	nsubj
25	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 see	aux
26	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 stay	advcl
27	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 see	obj
28	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	26 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her cheeks			still	rosy property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	cheeks = cheek					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not go	could	she		the cold ground			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in ground=Location
4	stay	must	she not said here		glass			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in glass=Location
5	see	could	cheeks = cheek	her = she			always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 3

They thought she was sleeping, so they would keep her in glass for a while longer

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sleeping	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sleeping	aux
5	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keep	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 keep	aux
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 glass	case
13	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 while	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 while	det
16	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obl
17	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	They					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	sleep	past · progressive	she					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	would	they	her = she	glass	while	long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in glass=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Her cheeks were still rosy, so they said she could not go in the cold ground

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cheeks	nmod:poss
2	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rosy	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rosy	cop
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 rosy	advmod
5	rosy	rosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rosy	conj
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 go	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 go	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 go	advmod
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 ground	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ground	det
16	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 ground	amod
17	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her cheeks		still	rosy property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	cheeks = cheek				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not go	could	she	the cold ground			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in ground=Location

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