Test 8 · ★ · pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steal…

sus, what did the cat do when the lion asked to play catch?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sus, lion · What happens: do, ask, play · To what, where: catch

This is test 8 · ★ 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	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
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 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 asked	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lion	det
10	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 asked	nsubj
11	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 play	mark
13	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 asked	xcomp
14	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 play	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	sus		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	ask speech: ask	past	the lion		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	the lion not said here	catch	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent catch=Theme

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

Threw it away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Threw	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Threw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw away	past		it				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Untied the string and gave it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Untied	untie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 string	det
3	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Untied	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gave	cc
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Untied	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untie	past		the string					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient
2	give	past		string					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Hid it behind his back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hid	obj
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 back	nmod:poss
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past		it		his back			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient behind back=Location

Option 4

Pulled the string tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 string	det
3	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pulled	obj
4	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pulled	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past		the string				tight property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Theme

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