Test 3 · ★ · Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolveri…

so the frog gets whacked on the head, is that right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: frog, that · What happens: get, whack, be

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1226 «Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks a bear up a tree after a rock, lightning and a torn coat» 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 gets	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 frog	det
3	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	whacked	whack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gets	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 head	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 head	det
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whacked	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 right	nsubj
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gets	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	get	present	the frog		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	whack	participle	the frog not said here	on the head	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent on head=Patient
3	is	present	that	right property	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

no, he takes her coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 takes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 takes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 coat	nmod:poss
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	he	her coat					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme

Option 2

no, he knocks her out and carries her home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 knocks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 knocks	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knocks	nsubj
4	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knocks	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 knocks	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carries	cc
8	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 knocks	conj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 home	nmod:poss
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carries	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock out	present	he	her = she					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	carry	present	he not said here	her home					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he knocks her in the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 knocks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 knocks	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knocks	nsubj
4	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knocks	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knocks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	present	he	her = she		the water			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent she=Theme in water=Destination

Option 4

yeah, she sews the coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sews	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sews	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sews	nsubj
4	sews	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coat	det
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sews	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	present	she	the coat					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Product

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