Test 7 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, How the Little Brother Set Free His Big…

so the dad kept saying he killed more bears back in the day, lol

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: keep, say, kill back · To what, where: more bears · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1222 «Lang's Fairy Book, How the Little Brother Set Free His Big Brothers, part 2: the bear chief's servant lures the hunters into the mountain» 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 kept	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dad	det
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 killed	nsubj
7	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	ccomp
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 bears	amod
9	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 killed	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	7 killed	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 day	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 killed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	keep	past	the dad			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	the dad not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	kill back	past	dad	more bears	day	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=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

Yep, every time the boys brought some back from the forest, he would tell the same tale

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 time	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brought	obl:unmarked
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boys	det
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 brought	nsubj
7	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 brought	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	7 brought	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 forest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forest	det
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brought	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tell	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tell	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 tell	aux
16	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 brought	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tale	det
18	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 tale	amod
19	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	past	the boys	some		the forest	time		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent some=Theme from forest=Initial_Location
2	tell speech: assert	would	he	the same tale					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, every time the boys brought some back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	7 brought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brought	obl:unmarked
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boys	det
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 brought	nsubj
7	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 brought	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	7 brought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	past	the boys	some			time		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent some=Theme

Option 3

Yep, every single time the boys came home from the forest with game, he bragged loudly again

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 time	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 time	amod
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl:unmarked
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boys	det
7	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 forest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forest	det
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 game	case
14	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 forest	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bragged	punct
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 bragged	nsubj
17	bragged	brag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 came	conj
18	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	17 bragged	advmod
19	again	again	ADV	_	17 bragged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the boys			the forest with game	time	home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from forest=Initial_Location
2	brag speech: other	past	he				again	loudly property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nope, he only mentioned it the first day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 mentioned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mentioned	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 mentioned	advmod
5	mentioned	mention	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mentioned	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mentioned	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mention speech: other	past	he	it			day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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