Test 7 · ★ · Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the…

lol the jackal opened the sack and saw the greyhound, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jackal · What happens: open, see · To what, where: sack, greyhound

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1165 «Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the jackal cheats the sheep over the grain, and the greyhound is called in» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 opened	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jackal	det
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	nsubj
4	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sack	det
6	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 saw	cc
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 opened	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 greyhound	det
10	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 opened	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	4 opened	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 opened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	the jackal	the sack					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sack=Theme
2	see	past	the jackal not said here	the greyhound					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer greyhound=Stimulus

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

nope, he saw the greyhound's teeth and the sheep's tail inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 greyhound	det
6	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teeth	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 greyhound	case
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 saw	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tail	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sheep	det
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 tail	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 sheep	case
13	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	conj
14	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 saw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	the greyhound's teeth				inside property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus

Option 2

yup, a sheep was inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 was	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sheep	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sheep	det
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yup	appos
5	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 was	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	yup					inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

yup, two eyes staring back at him from inside the sack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 eyes	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 eyes	nummod
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 yup	appos
5	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 eyes	acl
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 staring	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 staring	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 sack	case
10	inside	inside	ADP	_	12 sack	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sack	det
12	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 staring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare back	gerund	two eyes not said here			the sack		at him = he	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yup, two eyes staring back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 eyes	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 eyes	nummod
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 yup	appos
5	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 eyes	acl
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 staring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare back	gerund	two eyes not said here						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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