Test 4 · ★ · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…

Did the salmon actually get boiled, or is that just a massive fib?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do, boil, be · To what, where: salmon, massive fib

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 salmon	det
3	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 boiled	advmod
5	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 boiled	aux:pass
6	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 salmon	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fib	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 fib	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fib	cop
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 fib	mark
11	just	just	ADV	_	14 fib	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fib	det
13	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fib	amod
14	fib	fib	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	the salmon		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmon=Eventuality
2	boil	infinitive · passive	the salmon not said here	actually property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»
3	is a	present	a massive fib		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

It was cooked, but the fox ate it whole

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	3 cooked	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cooked	aux:pass
3	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ate	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 ate	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ate	nsubj
8	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cooked	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ate	obj
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ate	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	past · passive		It					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	eat	past	the fox	it				whole property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

It was grilled and the bees stung the fox

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	3 grilled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grilled	aux:pass
3	grilled	grill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stung	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bees	det
6	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stung	nsubj
7	stung	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grilled	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fox	det
9	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stung	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grill	past · passive		It					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	sting	past	the bees	the fox					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fox=Experiencer

Option 3

It got boiled in a pot and the fox stole it, then the steam burned his eyes

The tree, 17 words

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	3 boiled	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 boiled	aux:pass
3	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pot	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pot	det
6	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boiled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stole	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fox	det
9	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stole	nsubj
10	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 boiled	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stole	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 burned	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 burned	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 steam	det
15	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 burned	nsubj
16	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 boiled	parataxis
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 eyes	nmod:poss
18	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 burned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	boil	past · passive		It		in a pot	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in pot=Instrument
2	steal	past	the fox	pot			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
3	burn	past	the steam	steam's eyes	then		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme

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

It got boiled and the water blinded the fox

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	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 got	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 blinded	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blinded	nsubj
7	blinded	blind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fox	det
9	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blinded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	past	It		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	boil	participle			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	blind	past	the water	the fox	tree rules

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