Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha…
Sick! What did the lord say he would do if the youth won?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lord, youth · What happens: do, say, win · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» 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
Sentence 1: Sick!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sick | sick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sick | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What did the lord say he would do if the youth won?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lord | det |
| 4 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 do | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | aux |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 say | ccomp |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 won | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 youth | det |
| 11 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 won | nsubj |
| 12 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 do | advcl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the lord | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | do | would | lord | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | win a condition, not said to happen | participle | the youth | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Marry him to his daughter and make him lord
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marry | marry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Marry | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 daughter | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Marry | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 make | cc |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Marry | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | lord | lord | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | imperative | you not said here | him = he | to his daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to daughter=Co-Patient | |||
| 2 | make | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lord | infinitive | him = he not said here | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Adopt him as a son
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adopt | adopt | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Adopt | obj |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 son | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 son | det |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Adopt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adopt | imperative | you not said here | him = he | as a son | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme as son=Attribute |
Option 3
Make him his heir
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 heir | nmod:poss |
| 4 | heir | heir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | his heir | him = he | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary heir=Product |
Option 4
Name him his new son
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name | name | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Name | obj |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 son | nmod:poss |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 son | amod |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | imperative | you not said here | him = he | his new son vocative | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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