Test 8 · ★ · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

How did the hare get across in the end, innit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: hare, you · What happens: get, innit · To what, where: end

This is test 8 · ★ 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hare	det
4	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 innit	advcl
6	across	across	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
11	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	the hare				in the end	across property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	innit	imperative	you not said here						tree rules

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

He called the whales to carry him

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 whales	det
4	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 carry	mark
6	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 called	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He		the whales				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient
2	carry	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He wished himself across and jumped

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 wished	obj
4	across	across	ADV	_	2 wished	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 jumped	cc
6	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wished	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He	himself = he				across property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme
2	jump	past	He not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He built a bridge and crossed

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 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bridge	det
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 crossed	cc
6	crossed	cross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 built	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	He	a bridge					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Product
2	cross	participle	He not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He asked the whales to carry him across the water one by one

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 whales	det
4	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 asked	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 carry	mark
6	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carry	obj
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carry	obl
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 water	flat
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 one	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He		the whales				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient clause=Topic
2	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he		the water			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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