Test 1 · ★ · Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is mar…

yo did the dude in the castle really sit with a dead guy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo · What happens: do, sit · To what, where: dude, castle

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 783 «Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is married off to a beggar fiddler» 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	yo	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dude	det
4	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 castle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 castle	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 sit	advmod
9	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 guy	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 guy	det
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 guy	amod
13	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sit	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	yo	the dude		the castle			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Eventuality
2	sit	infinitive						with a dead guy	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he sat with it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	he					with it	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yeah, the corpse got up and tried to grab him later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 corpse	det
4	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADV	_	5 got	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tried	cc
8	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 got	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 grab	mark
10	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 tried	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 grab	obj
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 grab	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get up	past	the corpse			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	try	past	the corpse not said here			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	grab not said to happen	to-infinitive	the corpse not said here	corpse	late property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

nah, the dead cousin just lay still in the coffin lid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cousin	det
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cousin	amod
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 lay	advmod
7	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	still	still	ADV	_	7 lay	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 lid	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lid	det
11	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lid	compound
12	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	the dead cousin			the coffin lid	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lid=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, and the corpse sat up and tried to choke him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sat	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 corpse	det
5	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	nsubj
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 sat	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tried	cc
9	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sat	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 choke	mark
11	choke	choke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tried	xcomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 choke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	sit up	past	the corpse		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	try	past	the corpse not said here		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	choke not said to happen	to-infinitive	the corpse not said here	corpse	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination

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