Test 3 · ★ · West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is cr…

bruv, the lions, did they chase him or bow?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bruv · What happens: chase, bow · To what, where: him

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chase	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lions	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lions	det
4	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 bruv	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruv	punct
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chase	aux
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chase	nsubj
8	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chase	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 bow	cc
11	bow	bow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 chase	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 chase	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past · do-support	bruv and the lions	him = he					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	bow	infinitive	bruv and the lions not said here						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «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

they licked his big hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 licked	nsubj
2	licked	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hand	nmod:poss
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hand	amod
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 licked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lick	past	they	his big hand					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent hand=Source

Option 2

they licked an nuzzled his hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 licked	nsubj
2	licked	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hand	det
4	nuzzled	nuzzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hand	amod
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 licked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lick	past	they	his nuzzled hand					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent hand=Source
2	nuzzle	participle							vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

they bowed an kissed his wrist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 kissed	det
4	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	ccomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wrist	nmod:poss
6	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bowed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	they	his wrist					tree rules
2	kiss	past	they not said here						vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

they bowed an then fell asleep at his feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fell	det
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 fell	advmod
5	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	ccomp
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fell	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 feet	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 feet	nmod:poss
9	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	they						tree rules
2	fall	past	they not said here			his feet	then	asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location

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