Test 4 · ★ · pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steal…

wait so was the lion actually scared of bears?

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

This is test 4 · ★ 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	_	7 scared	advmod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lion	det
5	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scared	nsubj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 scared	advmod
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 bears	case
9	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scared	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the lion					of bears; actually, scared property	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

No, he liked both of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 liked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 liked	nsubj
4	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 liked	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 both	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	he	both					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot both=Theme

Option 2

Only snakes frightened him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 snakes	advmod
2	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 frightened	nsubj
3	frightened	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 frightened	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	past	snakes	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 3

Yes, bears and snakes scared him so much he hid from them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scared	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 snakes	cc
5	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bears	conj
6	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	obj
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADV	_	11 hid	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hid	nsubj
11	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	advcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	past	bears and snakes	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	hide	past	he					from bears = bear	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from they=Beneficiary

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

Yes, bears and snakes scared him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scared	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 snakes	cc
5	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bears	conj
6	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	past	bears and snakes	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

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