Test 5 · ★ · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

Proper random, what made all them sparks fly everywhere?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: them, sparks · What happens: make, spark, fly

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» 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	Proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 random	amod
2	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 sparks	det
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sparks	nsubj
8	sparks	spark	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fly	nsubj
9	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	ccomp
10	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 fly	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	make	past			tree rules
2	spark		them = they		tree rules
3	fly	infinitive	all sparks	everywhere property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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

The grandmother threw a big log onto the fire by mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grandmother	det
2	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	nsubj
3	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 log	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 log	amod
6	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obj
7	onto	onto	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 mistake	case
11	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	the grandmother	a big log		the fire		by mistake	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent log=Theme onto fire=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The grandfather kicked a burning log and it flew everywhere in the tent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grandfather	det
2	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kicked	nsubj
3	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 log	det
5	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 log	amod
6	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kicked	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 flew	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 flew	nsubj
9	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kicked	conj
10	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 flew	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 tent	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tent	det
13	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	kick	past	the grandfather	a burning log			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent log=Patient
2	burn	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fly	past	log		the tent	everywhere property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tent=Location

Option 3

A huge branch dropped on the coals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 branch	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 branch	amod
3	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 branch	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 coals	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coals	det
7	coals	coal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	participle		a huge branch not said here		the coals			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on coal=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A massive log fell in the tent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 log	det
2	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 log	amod
3	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 tent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tent	det
7	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	a massive log			the tent			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in tent=Location

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