Test 4 · ★ · Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the m…

Ngl, how did the dad's body become a plank?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: become · To what, where: plank

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 become	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 become	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 become	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 become	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dad	det
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 body	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 dad	case
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	nsubj
9	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 plank	det
11	plank	plank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past · do-support	Ngl	a plank					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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

The body drifted past the rapids and the fields until it became a plank lying in the mud beside the hut

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drifted	nsubj
3	drifted	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	past	past	ADP	_	6 rapids	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rapids	det
6	rapids	rapid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drifted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fields	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fields	det
9	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rapids	conj
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 became	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 became	nsubj
12	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drifted	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 plank	det
14	plank	plank	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 became	xcomp
15	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 plank	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 mud	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mud	det
18	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lying	obl
19	beside	beside	ADP	_	21 hut	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hut	det
21	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drift	past	the body		the rapids and the fields		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past rapid=Trajectory
2	become	past	body	a plank			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	lie	gerund	a plank not said here		the mud	beside the hut	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in mud=Location

Option 2

It changed into a log while floating

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 changed	nsubj
2	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 log	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 log	det
5	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 floating	mark
7	floating	float	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 changed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	It					into a log result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into log=Result
2	float	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It turned into wood as it floated down

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 wood	case
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 floated	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 floated	nsubj
7	floated	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	advcl
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 floated	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	It			wood			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into wood=Trajectory
2	float down	past	wood						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He floated down the river on the strap until he reached the bank, where he turned into a flat piece of wood

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 floated	nsubj
2	floated	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 floated	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 strap	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 strap	det
8	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 floated	obl
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 reached	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 reached	nsubj
11	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 floated	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bank	det
13	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reached	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 turned	punct
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 turned	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 turned	nsubj
17	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 floated	conj
18	into	into	ADP	_	21 piece	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 piece	det
20	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 piece	amod
21	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 turned	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 wood	case
23	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 piece	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	float	past	He		the strap	down the river	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme down river=Source on strap=Trajectory
2	reach	past	he	the bank			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bank=Theme
3	turn	past	he		a flat piece of wood		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into piece=Trajectory

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