Test 6 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

lowkey the mink set up the mouse, right? what did he ask her to do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mink, mouse · What happens: set up, ask, do · To what, where: mouse, mink

This is test 6 · ★ 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 ask	vocative
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mink	det
3	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lowkey	appos
4	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mink	acl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 set	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mouse	det
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lowkey	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	14 ask	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 right	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 ask	obj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 ask	aux
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ask	nsubj
14	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ask	iobj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 do	mark
17	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 ask	xcomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	set up	participle	the mink not said here	the mouse			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient mouse=Result
2	ask speech: ask	past · do-support	mouse		mink	lowkey vocative	tree rules
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	mouse not said here				vn act-114-1 «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

Bite the rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rope	det
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bite	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	imperative	you not said here	the rope					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Gnaw the wolves' bows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gnaw	gnaw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolves	det
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bows	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 wolves	case
5	bows	bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Gnaw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gnaw	imperative	you not said here	the wolves's bows					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Patient

Option 3

Chew the wolves' canoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chew	chew	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolves	det
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 canoes	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 wolves	case
5	canoes	canoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Chew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	imperative	you not said here	the wolves's canoes					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canoe=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Gnaw through the wolves' bows and paddles before the feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gnaw	gnaw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	6 bows	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolves	det
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bows	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 wolves	case
6	bows	bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Gnaw	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 paddles	cc
8	paddles	paddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bows	conj
9	before	before	ADP	_	11 feast	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 feast	det
11	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gnaw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gnaw	imperative	you not said here			the wolves's bows and paddles	before the feast		vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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