Test 14 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

so the old wolf wanted to avenge his grandson, right? what did he say?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old wolf, wolf · What happens: want, avenge, say · To what, where: grandson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wolf	amod
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 avenge	mark
7	avenge	avenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanted	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 grandson	nmod:poss
9	grandson	grandson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 avenge	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	16 say	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 say	obj
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 say	aux
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 say	nsubj
16	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanted	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	past	the old wolf		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	avenge not said to happen	to-infinitive	the old wolf not said here	wolf's grandson	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past · do-support	wolf		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

"we shall find the mink"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 find	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 find	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 find	aux
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mink	det
6	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find in a quote	shall	we	the mink					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mink=Topic

Option 2

"we will avenge him and bring the mink to justice"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 avenge	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 avenge	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 avenge	aux
4	avenge	avenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 avenge	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bring	cc
7	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 avenge	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mink	det
9	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bring	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 justice	case
11	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bring	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 avenge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avenge in a quote	future	we	him = he					tree rules
2	bring in a quote	infinitive	we not said here	the mink		justice			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mink=Theme to justice=Destination

Option 3

"we will punish them"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 punish	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 punish	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 punish	aux
4	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 punish	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 punish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish in a quote	future	we	them = they					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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

"we will avenge him"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 avenge	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 avenge	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 avenge	aux
4	avenge	avenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 avenge	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 avenge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avenge in a quote	future	we	him = he					tree rules

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