Test 4 · ★ · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa…

Dead cool, why'd the python need saving?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: python · What happens: need, save

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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	Dead	dead	ADV	_	2 cool	advmod
2	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 need	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 need	advmod
5	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 need	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 python	det
7	python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	nsubj
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cool	parataxis
9	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 need	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 cool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the python						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	save not said to happen	gerund	the python not said here						vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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

cos it was trapped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trapped	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 trapped	aux:pass
4	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	trap	past · passive		it					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

cos a wicked hunter set a trap for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hunter	compound
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hunter	det
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hunter	amod
4	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nsubj
5	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trap	det
7	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive							tree rules
2	set	past	a cos wicked hunter	a trap				for trap	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent trap=Patient for it=Beneficiary

Option 3

cos it was hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hungry	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hungry	cop
4	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	it					hungry property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cos the antelope got its horns stuck in the tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 antelope	det
3	antelope	antelope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	ccomp
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 horns	nmod:poss
6	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	obj
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	get	past	the antelope	antelope's horns				stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horn=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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