Test 4 · ★ · Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from…

Wait, the salt thing was genius, wasn't it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, salt thing · What happens: wait, be, not be · To what, where: genius, thing

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1245 «Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 genius	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	compound
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 genius	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 genius	cop
7	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 it	punct
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 it	cop
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 it	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wait	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	the salt thing	genius	tree rules
3	not is a	past		thing	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

Yeah, she chucked some herbs in his bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 chucked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chucked	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chucked	nsubj
4	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 herbs	det
6	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chucked	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 bowl	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bowl	nmod:poss
9	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	she	some herbs		his bowl			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herb=Theme in bowl=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she tipped a whole bag in his pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tipped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tipped	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tipped	nsubj
4	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bag	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bag	amod
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tipped	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pot	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pot	nmod:poss
10	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	past	she	a whole bag		his pot			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bag=Theme in pot=Destination

Option 3

Yeah, she tipped a whole bag of salt into his pot while he was out fishing

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tipped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tipped	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tipped	nsubj
4	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bag	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bag	amod
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tipped	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 salt	case
9	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bag	nmod
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 pot	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 pot	nmod:poss
12	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tipped	obl
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 fishing	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 fishing	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 fishing	cop
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 was	compound:prt
17	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tipped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	past	she	a whole bag of salt				into his pot result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer bag=Theme into pot=Result
2	is a	past	he	fishing					tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, she put a bag in his soup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bag	det
6	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 soup	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 soup	nmod:poss
9	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	she	a bag		his soup			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme in soup=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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