Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Hei…
Wait, the dad didn't believe his own son? That's harsh, fam!
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dad, That · What happens: wait, not believe, be · To what, where: own son
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 777 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Heinel is set adrift, wins magic gifts, and finds his queen about to remarry» 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: Wait, the dad didn't believe his own son?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 believe | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dad | det |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 believe | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 believe | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 believe | advmod |
| 7 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 son | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 son | amod |
| 10 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 believe | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not believe | past · do-support | the dad | dad's own son | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus |
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.
Sentence 2: That's harsh, fam!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 harsh | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 harsh | cop |
| 3 | harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fam | punct |
| 5 | fam | fam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 harsh | conj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 harsh | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | harsh property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he hated his son, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hated | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hated | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hated | nsubj |
| 4 | hated | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hated | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 son | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | past | he | his son and mate | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus |
Option 2
Nah, he thought it was a ghost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ghost | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 ghost | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ghost | det |
| 8 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | he | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a ghost | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he said Heinel was long dead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 | Heinel | Heinel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 dead | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 dead | cop |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dead | amod |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Heinel | dead property | tree rules |
Option 4
Nah, he was sure
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 sure | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sure | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sure | cop |
| 5 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | sure property | tree rules |
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