Test 3 · ★ · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…

Innit wild that the ermine got a hook chucked at it? What's the sitch with its tail?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ermine, sitch · What happens: get, chuck, be · To what, where: hook, ermine

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Innit wild that the ermine got a hook chucked at it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Innit	Innit	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wild	compound
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 got	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ermine	det
5	ermine	ermine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wild	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hook	det
8	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	chucked	chuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 hook	acl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 chucked	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 wild	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the ermine	a hook					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hook=Stimulus
2	chuck	participle		a hook not said here		ermine			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at it=Destination

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.

Sentence 2: What's the sitch with its tail?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sitch	det
4	sitch	sitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 tail	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 tail	nmod:poss
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sitch	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the sitch with sitch's tail						tree rules

The options

Option 1

The hook tore its whole tail off, and a new black tail-tip grew back over the summer months

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hook	det
2	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tore	nsubj
3	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tail	amod
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tore	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	3 tore	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 grew	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 grew	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 tip	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tip	amod
12	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tip	amod
13	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tip	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 tail	punct
15	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 grew	nsubj
16	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tore	conj
17	back	back	ADV	_	16 grew	advmod
18	over	over	ADP	_	21 months	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 months	det
20	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 months	compound
21	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore off	past	the hook	hook's whole tail					tree rules
2	grow back	past	a new black tail tip				month		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It was a snow-hare and it shed its winter coat fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hare	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hare	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hare	det
4	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hare	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 snow	punct
6	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shed	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shed	nsubj
9	shed	shed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hare	conj
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 coat	nmod:poss
11	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 coat	compound
12	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shed	obj
13	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 shed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a snow hare					tree rules
2	shed	past	hare	hare's winter coat				fast property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coat=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The hook made its fur turn grey and it never grew back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hook	det
2	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fur	nmod:poss
5	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turn	nsubj
6	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	ccomp
7	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 turn	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grew	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 grew	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 grew	advmod
11	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 grew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	make	past	the hook		tree rules
2	turn	present	hook's fur	grey property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	not grow back	past	fur		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Its tail-tip stayed black ever since the hook touched it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tip	nmod:poss
2	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tip	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 tail	punct
4	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stayed	nsubj
5	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stayed	xcomp
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 stayed	advmod
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 touched	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hook	det
10	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 touched	nsubj
11	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stayed	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 touched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	Its tail tip				ever	black property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	touch	past	the hook	tip					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

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