Test 8 · ★ · Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the m…

Bruh, what did the dad turn his tears into?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: turn · To what, where: tears

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	3 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruh	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 turn	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 turn	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dad	det
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turn	nsubj
7	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 tears	nmod:poss
9	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turn	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	7 turn	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · do-support	the dad	dad's tears					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent what=Theme tear=Result

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

Birds that sang in the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Birds	acl:relcl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 trees	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trees	det
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	Birds			the trees			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Birds that gathered in the forest and sang to the son as he walked home along the river

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sang	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 gathered	nsubj
3	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Birds	acl:relcl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gathered	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 gathered	cc
8	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 son	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 son	det
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sang	obl
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 walked	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 walked	nsubj
14	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sang	advcl
15	home	home	ADV	_	14 walked	advmod
16	along	along	ADP	_	18 river	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 river	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	gather	past	Birds		the forest		vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sing speech: express	past	Birds	the son			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to son=Recipient
3	walk	past	he		the river	home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along river=Trajectory

Option 3

Songs that flew to the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flew	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 sky	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sky	det
6	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	Songs					to the sky result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sky=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Birds that waited in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 waited	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 waited	nsubj
3	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	Birds			the forest			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location

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