Test 10 · ★ · Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chief, part 24: the chi…

What did the chief rub on those brothers, anyway?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: do · To what, where: chief rub

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1223 «Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chief, part 24: the chief turns the brothers half bear, and the little hunter burns 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rub	det
4	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rub	amod
5	rub	rub	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 brothers	case
7	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 brothers	det
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 did	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 anyway	punct
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	2 did	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the chief rub				on that brothers; anyway property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rub=Eventuality

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

Moss that he had dipped in the cold spring by the cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 dipped	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dipped	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dipped	aux
5	dipped	dip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Moss	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 spring	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spring	det
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spring	amod
9	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dipped	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 cave	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cave	det
12	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dip	past · perfect	he	Moss not said here			spring	by the cave	vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent moss=Theme by cave=Trajectory

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

Moss dipped in a spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dipped	nsubj
2	dipped	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 spring	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spring	det
5	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dip	past	Moss				spring		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Bear fat from the hunt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fat	compound
2	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 hunt	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hunt	det
5	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fat	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Moss dipped in a spring and wrapped around the arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dipped	nsubj
2	dipped	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 spring	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spring	det
5	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dipped	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wrapped	cc
7	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dipped	conj
8	around	around	ADP	_	10 arms	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 arms	det
10	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dip	past	Moss				spring		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wrap	participle	Moss not said here			the arms			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme around arm=Destination

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