Test 1 · ★ · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…

Oi, the fox was proper sly with that brook trick, weren't he?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox, Oi · What happens: be, not be · To what, where: fox

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 he	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 trick	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trick	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 trick	cop
6	proper	properly	ADV	_	11 trick	advmod
7	sly	sly	ADV	_	11 trick	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 trick	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 trick	det
10	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trick	compound
11	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Oi	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 he	cop
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 he	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 he	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the fox					with that brook trick; properly, sly property	tree rules
2	not is a	past	Oi and that brook trick	fox					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

He faked a wash in the brook, then set up loud shrieks that sent everybody scattering into the woods for good

The tree, 21 words

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 faked	nsubj
2	faked	fake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wash	det
4	wash	wash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 faked	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 brook	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brook	det
7	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 faked	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 set	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 set	advmod
10	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 faked	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 set	compound:prt
12	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shrieks	amod
13	shrieks	shriek	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 set	obj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 sent	nsubj
15	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 shrieks	acl:relcl
16	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	15 sent	obj
17	scattering	scatter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 everybody	acl
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 woods	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 woods	det
20	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 scattering	obl
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 good	case
22	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 scattering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fake	past	He	a wash	the brook			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wash=Patient
2	set up	infinitive	He not said here	loud shrieks		then		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient shriek=Result
3	send	past	loud shrieks	everybody				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everybody=Theme
4	scatter	gerund			the woods		for good	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into wood=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He pretended to wash then yelled at everyone

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 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wash	mark
4	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pretended	xcomp
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 yelled	advmod
6	yelled	yell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wash	advcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 wash	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	pretend	past	He			tree rules
2	wash	to-infinitive	He not said here	everyone		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at everyone=Source
3	yell speech: express	participle	He not said here		then	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He faked a wash and then shrieked till everyone ran off

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 faked	nsubj
2	faked	fake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wash	det
4	wash	wash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 faked	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shrieked	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 shrieked	advmod
7	shrieked	shriek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 faked	conj
8	till	till	SCONJ	_	10 ran	mark
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 ran	nsubj
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shrieked	advcl
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	fake	past	He	a wash		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wash=Patient
2	shriek	past	He not said here		then	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	run off	past	everyone			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He splashed about and cried out till the animals fled

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 splashed	nsubj
2	splashed	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	2 splashed	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cried	cc
5	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 splashed	conj
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 cried	compound:prt
7	till	till	SCONJ	_	10 fled	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animals	det
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fled	nsubj
10	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cried	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	splash about	past	He	about property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	cry out speech: express	past	He not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	flee	past	the animals		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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