Test 2 · ★ · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…

Bruv, why did the Lapp go mental when the fox dumped bones on him?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lapp, fox · What happens: go, dump · To what, where: bones

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 go	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 go	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Lapp	det
6	Lapp	Lapp	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	xcomp
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 dumped	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fox	det
11	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dumped	nsubj
12	dumped	dump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 go	advcl
13	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 dumped	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dumped	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	the Lapp					Bruv vocative; mental property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dump	past	the fox	bones				on Lapp	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bone=Theme on he=Trajectory

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

Cos the fox had secretly swapped all the good reindeer meat for mouldy old bones while the Lapp slept in his tent

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 fox	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swapped	obl
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 swapped	aux
5	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	6 swapped	advmod
6	swapped	swap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 meat	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 meat	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 meat	amod
10	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 meat	compound
11	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swapped	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 bones	case
13	mouldy	mouldy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bones	amod
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bones	amod
15	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swapped	obl
16	while	while	SCONJ	_	19 slept	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Lapp	det
18	Lapp	Lapp	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 slept	nsubj
19	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 swapped	advcl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 tent	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 tent	nmod:poss
22	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past · perfect		all good reindeer meat				cos the fox; for mouldy old bones; secretly property	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent meat=Theme for bone=Co-Theme
2	sleep	past	the Lapp			Lapp's tent			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in tent=Location

Option 2

Cos the fox had nicked the meat and left bones in its place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 fox	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nicked	obl
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nicked	aux
5	nicked	nick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 meat	det
7	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nicked	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 left	cc
9	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nicked	conj
10	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 left	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 place	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 place	nmod:poss
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past · perfect		the meat				cos the fox	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient
2	leave	past		bones		meat's place			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bone=Theme in place=Location

Option 3

Cos the fox had told the wolves about the reindeer and they ate all the meat before he got home from fishing

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 fox	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wolves	det
7	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 reindeer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reindeer	det
10	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wolves	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ate	cc
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ate	nsubj
13	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	conj
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 meat	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 meat	det
16	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ate	obj
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	19 got	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 got	nsubj
19	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 ate	advcl
20	home	home	ADV	_	13 ate	advmod
21	from	from	ADP	_	22 fishing	case
22	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect		the wolves		cos the fox; about the reindeer	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient about reindeer=Topic
2	eat	past	wolves = wolf	all meat	fishing	home property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient
3	get	past	fox				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cos the fox had swapped the good reindeer meat for bones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 swapped	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swapped	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 swapped	aux
5	swapped	swap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 meat	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 meat	amod
8	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 meat	compound
9	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swapped	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 bones	case
11	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 swapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past · perfect	the fox	the good reindeer meat				for bones	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent meat=Theme for bone=Co-Theme

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