Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a…

the thirsty man is a bit of a case, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: thirsty man · What happens: be · To what, where: bit

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 773 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a stick and a horse free the maiden, then Dummling's goose gathers a crowd» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 case	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 case	det
9	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	6 bit	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the thirsty man	a bit				of a case	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

yeah, cold beer's no good, he's just hungry all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 beer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 beer	punct
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 beer	amod
4	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	's	's	PART	_	4 beer	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 good	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 beer	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hungry	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hungry	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hungry	cop
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 hungry	advmod
12	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 good	parataxis
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hungry	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he				day	hungry property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, cold water's no good at all, he's the thirstiest man I've ever met, bro

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 good	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 good	punct
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 good	nsubj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 water	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 good	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 good	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 man	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 man	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 man	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 man	det
14	thirstiest	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 man	amod
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 good	conj
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 met	nsubj
17	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 met	aux
18	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	19 met	advmod
19	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 man	acl:relcl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bro	punct
21	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 man	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	water	the thirstiest man				bro vocative	tree rules
2	meet	present · perfect	I	the thirstiest man not said here			ever		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent

Option 3

yeah, cold water's no good, he's thirstier than anyone else in the whole forest

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	11 thirstier	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thirstier	punct
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thirstier	nsubj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 water	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 good	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thirstier	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thirstier	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thirstier	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 thirstier	cop
11	thirstier	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
12	than	than	ADP	_	13 anyone	case
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 thirstier	obl
14	else	else	ADV	_	13 anyone	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 forest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 forest	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 forest	amod
18	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thirstier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	cold water			the whole forest		than anyone; thirsty property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, cold water's no good, he's thirstier than anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	11 thirstier	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thirstier	punct
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thirstier	nsubj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 water	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 good	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thirstier	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thirstier	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thirstier	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 thirstier	cop
11	thirstier	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
12	than	than	ADP	_	13 anyone	case
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 thirstier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	cold water					than anyone; thirsty property	tree rules

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