Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Snowdrop, part 31: the queen's three disgui…

Yo, was the mirror ever wrong about who is the prettiest?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mirror · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	7 wrong	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wrong	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mirror	det
5	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wrong	nsubj
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 wrong	advmod
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	12 prettiest	mark
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 prettiest	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 prettiest	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prettiest	det
12	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 wrong	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the mirror				ever	wrong property	tree rules
2	is	present						pretty property	tree rules

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

Nope, it said the queen was fairest, so she was calm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queen	det
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fairest	cop
8	fairest	fair	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 queen	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 calm	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 calm	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 calm	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 calm	cop
13	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	it	the queen		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent queen=Topic
2	is	past			fair property	tree rules
3	is	past	she		calm property	tree rules

Option 2

Nope, it always tells the truth about everyone in the land, so the queen was furious every single time she looked at it

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tells	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 tells	advmod
5	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 truth	det
7	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tells	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 everyone	case
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 truth	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 land	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 land	det
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 everyone	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 furious	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	18 furious	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 queen	det
16	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 furious	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 furious	cop
18	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tells	ccomp
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 time	det
20	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 time	amod
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 furious	obl:unmarked
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 looked	nsubj
23	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 time	acl:relcl
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 it	case
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	it	the truth			about everyone; always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about everyone=Topic
2	is	past	the queen			time	furious property	tree rules
3	look	past	she	every single time not said here	land			vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme time=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nope, it always tells the truth, so the queen was furious every time

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tells	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 tells	advmod
5	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 truth	det
7	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tells	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 furious	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 furious	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 queen	det
11	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 furious	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 furious	cop
13	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tells	ccomp
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 time	det
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 furious	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	it	the truth				always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
2	is	past	the queen				time	furious property	tree rules

Option 4

Nope, it always tells the truth, so the queen was furious every time and even smashed a glass once

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tells	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 tells	advmod
5	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 truth	det
7	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tells	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 furious	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 furious	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 queen	det
11	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 furious	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 furious	cop
13	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tells	ccomp
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 time	det
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 furious	obl:unmarked
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 smashed	cc
17	even	even	ADV	_	18 smashed	advmod
18	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tells	conj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 glass	det
20	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 smashed	obj
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	18 smashed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	it	the truth		always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
2	is	past	the queen		time	furious property	tree rules
3	smash	past		a glass		once property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme

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