Test 13 · ★ · pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steal…

wait so what did the branch do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, branch · What happens: wait, do

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1246 «pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steals the golden ball, and the old cat sees a copy of it» 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	so	so	ADV	_	3 what	advmod
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 branch	det
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	ccomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	do	past · do-support	the branch						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Swayed in the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swayed	sway	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 wind	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sway	participle				the wind			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location

Option 2

Gave a sudden, very loud crack that frightened every bird nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crack	det
3	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crack	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sudden	punct
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 loud	advmod
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crack	amod
7	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gave	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 frightened	nsubj
9	frightened	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 crack	acl:relcl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 bird	det
11	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 frightened	obj
12	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	9 frightened	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past		a sudden loud crack					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Theme
2	frighten	past	a sudden loud crack	every bird				nearby property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer

Option 3

Gave a loud crack and nearly threw the cat into the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crack	det
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crack	amod
4	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gave	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 threw	cc
6	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	7 threw	advmod
7	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Gave	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cat	det
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threw	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past		a loud crack					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Theme
2	throw	past		the cat				into the water result; nearly property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer cat=Theme into water=Result

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

Gave a loud crack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crack	det
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crack	amod
4	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past		a loud crack					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Theme

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