Test 3 · ★ · Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the…
What did the bear reckon the fox was doin' with the fire?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bear, fox · What happens: reckon, be · To what, where: doin
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1243 «Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the bear into a fire, then cheats a Lapp of his reindeer.» 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 | 5 reckon | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reckon | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bear | det |
| 4 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reckon | nsubj |
| 5 | reckon | reckon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fox | det |
| 7 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 doin | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 doin | cop |
| 9 | doin | doin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reckon | obj |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 doin | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 fire | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 fire | det |
| 13 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reckon | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reckon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past · do-support | the bear | with the fire | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the fox | doin | 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
Settin' fire to the pitch for a laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Settin | Settin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fire | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 1 Settin | case |
| 3 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 pitch | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pitch | det |
| 6 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fire | nmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 laugh | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 laugh | det |
| 9 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fire | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fire | Settin | to the pitch; for a laugh | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent to=obl for=obl |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Rubbin' bright colours in with a brush
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubbin | Rubbin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 colours | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 1 Rubbin | case |
| 3 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 colours | amod |
| 4 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 brush | case |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 brush | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 brush | det |
| 8 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 colours | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Rubbin' bright colours in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubbin | Rubbin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 colours | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 1 Rubbin | case |
| 3 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 colours | amod |
| 4 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 in | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Warmin' his back up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warmin | Warmin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 back | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 1 Warmin | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 back | nmod:poss |
| 4 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 back | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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