Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess…

nah, why'd the princess ask for the head nailed under that gate?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: princess · What happens: ask, nail · To what, where: head, gate

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 98 «Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose Girl, part 1: a princess is tricked by her maid on the road and loses her horse and her place» 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	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 ask	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 ask	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	nsubj
7	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 head	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 head	det
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	obl
11	nailed	nail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 head	acl
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 gate	case
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 gate	det
14	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 nailed	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	infinitive	the princess					for the head	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	nail	participle		the head not said here		that gate			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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

so the crows wouldn't eat his head up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	6 eat	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crows	det
3	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 eat	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 eat	advmod
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	6 eat	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat up	would	the crows	his head					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Option 2

so she could hear him speak daily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	4 hear	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hear	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hear	aux
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hear	obj
6	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hear	xcomp
7	daily	daily	ADV	_	6 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	could	she	him = he					tree rules
2	speak speech: other	infinitive	him = he not said here					daily property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

so she could talk to him each morning and night, which kept her strength up

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	4 talk	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talk	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 talk	aux
4	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talk	obl
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kept	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 night	cc
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 morning	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 kept	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 kept	nsubj
13	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 talk	parataxis
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 strength	nmod:poss
15	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kept	obj
16	up	up	ADV	_	13 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	could	she		him = he				vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent
2	keep up	past		her strength			morning		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent strength=Theme

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

so she could still see Falada every morning and night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	5 see	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	Falada	Falada	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 night	cc
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 morning	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	could	she	Falada			still; morning		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer falada=Stimulus

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