Test 7 · ★ · Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the m…

Dude, why did the dad want revenge on his son?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: do, want · To what, where: dad, revenge

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 want	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Dude	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dad	det
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 want	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 son	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 want	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the dad					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality
2	want	present	Dude	revenge				on Dude's son	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme

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

His son had stolen his place by the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 son	nmod:poss
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stolen	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stolen	aux
4	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 place	nmod:poss
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stolen	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stolen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · perfect · passive	the fire	His son					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary place=Theme

Option 2

His son had been given his father's name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 son	nmod:poss
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 given	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 given	aux:pass
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 father	case
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · perfect · passive		His son					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient name=Theme
2	name		his father						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

His son had taken his seat in the hut when the old man was away hunting and refused to move

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 son	nmod:poss
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 seat	nmod:poss
6	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hut	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hut	det
9	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 hunting	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 man	amod
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hunting	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 hunting	aux
15	away	away	ADV	_	16 hunting	advmod
16	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 taken	advcl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 refused	cc
18	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 move	mark
20	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 refused	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past · perfect	His son	son's seat	the hut		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seat=Value in hut=Location
2	hunt	past · progressive	the old man			away property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	refuse	past	His son not said here				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not move	to-infinitive	His son not said here				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

His son had taken his seat in the hut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 son	nmod:poss
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 seat	nmod:poss
6	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hut	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hut	det
9	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · perfect	His son	son's seat		the hut			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seat=Value in hut=Location

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