Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsm…

who snitched the test plan to the huntsmen?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: snitch · To what, where: test plan, huntsmen

This is test 8 · ★ 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	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 snitched	nsubj
2	snitched	snitch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 plan	det
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plan	compound
5	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 snitched	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 huntsmen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 huntsmen	det
8	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 snitched	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 snitched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snitch speech: other	past		the test plan	the huntsmen				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent plan=Topic to huntsman=Recipient

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

a page who admired them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 page	det
2	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 admired	nsubj
4	admired	admire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 page	acl:relcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 admired	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admire	past	a page	them = they					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2

a servant who liked them and warned them about the peas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 warned	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 liked	nsubj
4	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 servant	acl:relcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 liked	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 liked	cc
7	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 warned	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 peas	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 peas	det
11	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 warned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	a servant	them = they					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
2	warn speech: warn	past	a servant		them = they			about the peas	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient about pea=Topic

Option 3

a servant who liked them and had heard the king's whole plan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 liked	nsubj
4	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 servant	acl:relcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 liked	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 heard	cc
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 heard	aux
8	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 liked	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 plan	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 plan	amod
13	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	like	past	a servant	them = they	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
2	hear	past · perfect	a servant not said here	the king's whole plan	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus
3	plan		the king		nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

a servant who liked them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 liked	nsubj
4	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 servant	acl:relcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 liked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	a servant	them = they					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme

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