Test 5 · ★ · Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chief, part 24: the chi…

Why'd the boy stop on that snowy trail?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: stop · To what, where: snowy trail

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 boy	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 boy	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	nsubj
5	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 trail	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 trail	det
8	snowy	snowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 trail	amod
9	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	the boy			that snowy trail			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

He heard a dog bark, so he stopped to listen

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bark	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bark	compound
5	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stopped	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 stopped	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stopped	nsubj
9	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 listen	mark
11	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 stopped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hear	past	He	a dog bark	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bark=Stimulus
2	stop	past	he		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	listen	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His snow-shoe strap snapped, so he had to fix it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 strap	nmod:poss
2	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shoe	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 snow	punct
4	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strap	compound
5	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snapped	nsubj
6	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 had	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 snapped	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fix	mark
12	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 had	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	snap	past	His shoe strap		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	he		tree rules
3	fix	to-infinitive	he not said here	strap	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

The trail was blocked by a fallen tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trail	det
2	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blocked	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blocked	aux:pass
4	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 tree	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tree	det
7	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tree	amod
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	past · passive	a fallen tree	the trail					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	fall	participle							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

His snow-shoe strap snapped, so he had to stop and fix it before going on

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 strap	nmod:poss
2	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shoe	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 snow	punct
4	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strap	compound
5	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snapped	nsubj
6	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 had	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 snapped	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 stop	mark
12	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 had	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fix	cc
14	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 stop	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fix	obj
16	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 going	mark
17	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 fix	advcl
18	on	on	ADP	_	17 going	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	snap	past	His shoe strap		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	he		tree rules
3	stop	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	fix	infinitive	he not said here	strap	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient
5	go on	gerund	he not said here		vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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