Test 3 · ★ · Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the m…

Wait, the mink's jokes about snapping the cedar bands were sus, weren't they?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, jokes, mink · What happens: wait, snap, be, not be, joke · To what, where: cedar bands, jokes

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 jokes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mink	det
4	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 jokes	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 mink	case
6	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sus	nsubj
7	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 snapping	mark
8	snapping	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 jokes	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bands	det
10	cedar	cedar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bands	compound
11	bands	band	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 snapping	obj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sus	cop
13	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 they	punct
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 they	cop
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 they	advmod
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wait	advcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	snap	gerund	the mink's jokes not said here	the cedar bands		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location band=Theme
3	is	past	the mink's jokes		suspect property	tree rules
4	not is a	past	you not said here	jokes = joke		tree rules
5	joke		the mink			nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

He said that with one quick twist of his arms he could snap every cedar band they had brought

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 snap	mark
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 twist	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 twist	nummod
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 twist	amod
7	twist	twist	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 snap	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 arms	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 arms	nmod:poss
10	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 twist	nmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 snap	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 snap	aux
13	snap	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 band	det
15	cedar	cedar	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 band	compound
16	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 snap	obj
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 brought	nsubj:pass
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 brought	aux
19	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 band	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	snap	could	he	every cedar band	with one quick twist of his arms	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent band=Patient with twist=Instrument
3	bring	past · perfect · passive	every cedar band not said here	arms = arm		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme
4	twist			his arms		nom twist «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He claimed they were made of kelp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 claimed	ccomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 kelp	case
7	kelp	kelp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	past · passive		they				of kelp	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He said he could snap them in a moment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 snap	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 snap	aux
5	snap	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 snap	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 moment	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 moment	det
9	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snap	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	snap	could	he	them = they			moment		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme

Option 4

He boasted that he had been trained by the sea spirits to break anything made of wood or bark in an instant

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 boasted	nsubj
2	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 trained	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 trained	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 trained	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 trained	aux:pass
7	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 boasted	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 spirits	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 spirits	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spirits	compound
11	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trained	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 break	mark
13	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 trained	advcl
14	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 break	obj
15	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 anything	acl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 wood	case
17	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 bark	cc
19	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wood	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 instant	case
21	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 instant	det
22	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 break	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	past	He				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	train	past · perfect · passive	the sea spirits	he			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	break	to-infinitive	the sea spirits not said here	anything	a instant		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Patient
4	make	participle				of wood or bark	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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