Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the he…

Did the bear keep his tail at the end, though?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bear · What happens: keep · To what, where: tail, end

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bear	det
3	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 though	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	4 keep	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · do-support	the bear	bear's tail			at the end		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tail=Theme at end=Location

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

Yeah, he kept the whole tail, but it stayed frozen in the ice for a whole week

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tail	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tail	amod
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 frozen	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 frozen	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 frozen	nsubj:pass
11	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 frozen	aux:pass
12	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 kept	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 ice	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ice	det
15	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 frozen	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	19 week	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 week	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 week	amod
19	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 frozen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	the whole tail					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
2	freeze	past · passive		tail		the ice	week		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 2

Nah, the fox cut it off himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 cut	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	nsubj
5	cut	cut	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 cut	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 cut	compound:prt
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	past	the fox	it				fox obl	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, it broke off when he tugged hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 broke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 broke	nsubj
4	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 broke	compound:prt
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 tugged	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tugged	nsubj
8	tugged	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 broke	advcl
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 tugged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break off	past	it						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	tug	past	he					hard property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Nah, it snapped right off when he gave a big tug, and he was left with only a stump

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 snapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 snapped	nsubj
4	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	6 off	advmod
6	off	off	ADV	_	4 snapped	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 gave	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	nsubj
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 snapped	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tug	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tug	amod
12	tug	tug	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 left	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 left	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 left	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 left	aux:pass
17	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 snapped	conj
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 stump	case
19	only	only	ADV	_	21 stump	advmod
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 stump	det
21	stump	stump	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	snap	past	it		off property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	past	he	a big tug		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tug=Theme
3	leave	past · passive		he	with a stump	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with stump=Theme

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