Test 1 · ★ · Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished…

Dude, did Ball-Carrier really get boiled alive in that kettle?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: boil · To what, where: Dude

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» 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	9 boiled	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 boiled	aux
4	Ball	Ball	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 boiled	nsubj:pass
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Carrier	punct
6	Carrier	Carrier	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Ball	conj
7	really	really	ADV	_	9 boiled	advmod
8	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 boiled	aux:pass
9	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 boiled	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 kettle	case
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 kettle	det
13	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boiled	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 boiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	past · passive · do-support		Dude				in that kettle; alive property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in kettle=Instrument

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

Nah, the servant was scared and he ran away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servant	det
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ran	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ran	nsubj
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the servant					scared property	tree rules
2	run away	past	he					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he tricked the servant and flipped the pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 tricked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricked	nsubj
4	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 flipped	cc
8	flipped	flip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tricked	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pot	det
10	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flipped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	he	the servant					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient
2	flip	past	he not said here	the pot					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Theme

Option 3

Nope, he tricked her and the servant boiled instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 tricked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricked	nsubj
4	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricked	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 servant	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 servant	det
8	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	conj
9	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 servant	acl
10	instead	instead	ADV	_	9 boiled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	he	her = she					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	boil	participle		the servant not said here				instead property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Totally, he sat in the kettle until the water boiled off completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	4 sat	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Totally	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 kettle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kettle	det
7	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
8	until	until	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
11	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 water	acl
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 boiled	compound:prt
13	completely	completely	ADV	_	11 boiled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	he			the kettle	until the water	totally property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in kettle=Location
2	boil off	participle		the water not said here				completely property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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