Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsm…

the merchant lost his ships and was broke, so how did he get rich again?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: merchant · What happens: lose, be, get · To what, where: ships

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 776 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsmen are unmasked and the king weds his true bride» 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	2 merchant	det
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ships	nmod:poss
5	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 broke	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 broke	cop
8	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lost	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 get	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 get	advmod
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 get	advmod
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 get	aux
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 get	nsubj
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lost	advcl
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 get	xcomp
16	again	again	ADV	_	14 get	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	the merchant	merchant's ships			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Eventuality
2	is	past	the merchant not said here			broke property	tree rules
3	get	past · do-support	merchant		again	rich property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

he sold a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	he	a horse					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he found gold in a lumber-room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 room	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 room	det
6	lumber	lumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 room	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 lumber	punct
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	he	gold		a lumber room			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic

Option 3

he sold his old house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 house	nmod:poss
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 house	amod
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	he	his old house					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

Option 4

he found silver in a cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cellar	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cellar	det
6	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	he	silver		a cellar			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Topic

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