Test 2 · ★ · Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the m…

Bro, did the wolves really think the dance was lit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bro, wolves · What happens: do, think, lit · To what, where: dance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1191 «Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the mink escapes the wolves, and a brave's father drowns and returns as a baby» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wolves	det
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 think	nsubj
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 think	advmod
7	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dance	det
9	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lit	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lit	aux:pass
11	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 think	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Bro		tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	the wolves		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	lit	past · passive		the dance	tree rules

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 sat quietly on the rocks, wondering whether the mink was a spirit who could fly

The tree, 16 words

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 sat	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 rocks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rocks	det
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sat	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wondering	punct
8	wondering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sat	advcl
9	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	14 spirit	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mink	det
11	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spirit	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 spirit	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 spirit	det
14	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wondering	ccomp
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 fly	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 fly	aux
17	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 spirit	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sit	past	They		the rocks	quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location
2	wonder speech: ask	gerund	They not said here				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past	the mink	a spirit			tree rules
4	fly	could	a spirit				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They howled with pleasure at the dance

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 howled	nsubj
2	howled	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 pleasure	case
4	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 howled	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 dance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dance	det
7	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 howled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	howl	past	They					with pleasure; at the dance	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at dance=Stimulus

Option 3

They cheered loudly for the mink

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 cheered	nsubj
2	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 cheered	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 mink	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mink	det
6	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cheered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheer	past	They					for the mink; loudly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

They threw their paddles down and howled with pleasure as the mink spun around the canoes

The tree, 16 words

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 paddles	nmod:poss
4	paddles	paddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 threw	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 howled	cc
7	howled	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 pleasure	case
9	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 howled	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 mink	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mink	det
12	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 howled	obl
13	spun	spin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 mink	acl
14	around	around	ADP	_	16 canoes	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 canoes	det
16	canoes	canoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 spun	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	throw down	past	They	their paddles		down property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paddle=Theme
2	howl	past	They not said here			with pleasure; as the mink	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with pleasure=Theme
3	spin	participle		the mink not said here	the canoes		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around canoe=Trajectory

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