Test 8 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

ngl the mink saw no guests at the wolves' place, what did that mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl mink, place · What happens: ngl, see, mean · To what, where: guests, place

This is test 8 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 mink	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mink	det
3	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 guests	det
6	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 saw	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	11 place	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wolves	det
9	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 place	nmod:poss
10	'	's	PART	_	9 wolves	case
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mean	punct
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 mean	obj
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 mean	aux
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 mean	nsubj
16	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 place	acl:relcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ngl	infinitive				tree rules
2	see	past	the ngl mink	no guests	the wolves's place	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guest=Stimulus
3	mean	past · do-support	the wolves's place	the wolves's place		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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

The guests had gone home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guests	det
2	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gone	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	aux
4	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 gone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	the guests					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The wolves were planning a trap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolves	det
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 planning	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planning	aux
4	planning	plan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trap	det
6	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past · progressive	the wolves	a trap					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trap=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The wolves had set a trap and were waiting for him to come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolves	det
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 set	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 set	aux
4	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trap	det
6	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 waiting	cc
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 waiting	aux
9	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 set	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 waiting	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 come	mark
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 waiting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	set	past · perfect · passive	the wolves		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme trap=Destination
2	wait	past · progressive		for him = he	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come	to-infinitive			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It meant the wolves were planning some kind of trap for him to fall into

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolves	det
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 planning	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 planning	aux
6	planning	plan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 meant	ccomp
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 kind	det
8	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 planning	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 trap	case
10	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kind	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 meant	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 fall	mark
14	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 meant	ccomp
15	into	into	ADP	_	14 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	past	It		for him = he	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	plan	past · progressive	the wolves	some kind of trap		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Topic
3	fall not said to happen	to-infinitive				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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