Test 6 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's jour…

What's the big deal with the sea, anyways?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: big deal

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1036 «Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's journey and rebirth» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 deal	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deal	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deal	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deal	amod
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deal	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 anyways	punct
10	anyways	anyways	INTJ	_	5 deal	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 deal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the big deal				with the sea	tree rules

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

It's big and deep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 big	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 big	cop
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 deep	cc
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 big	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					big property	tree rules
2	be								tree rules

Option 2

It hides all its fish, kinda like a cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 fish	det:predet
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fish	nmod:poss
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 kinda	punct
7	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	2 hides	advmod
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 cave	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cave	det
10	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	It	its fish				like a cave; kinda property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient

Option 3

It keeps all its creatures, like a parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 creatures	det:predet
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 creatures	nmod:poss
5	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 parent	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 parent	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 creatures	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	its creatures				like a parent	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Theme

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

It guards all its creatures, like a mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 guards	nsubj
2	guards	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 creatures	det:predet
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 creatures	nmod:poss
5	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 guards	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mum	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 mum	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mum	det
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 creatures	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	present	It	its creatures					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Beneficiary

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