Test 9 · ★ · pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steal…

that's so cringe, why did the cat head north?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: that · What happens: be, do · To what, where: cringe, cat head

This is test 9 · ★ 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	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 cringe	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cringe	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 cringe	advmod
4	cringe	cringe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct
6	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 did	advmod
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cringe	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 head	det
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 head	compound
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obj
11	north	north	ADV	_	7 did	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 cringe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	cringe					tree rules
2	do	past		the cat head				north property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=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

To look for his ball that the lion had stolen from him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 look	mark
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 ball	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ball	nmod:poss
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 look	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 stolen	nsubj:pass
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stolen	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stolen	aux
10	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ball	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stolen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	to-infinitive						for his ball	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for ball=Theme
2	steal	past · perfect · passive		his ball				from lion	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from he=Source

Option 2

To look for his ball in the cold lands far beyond the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 look	mark
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 ball	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ball	nmod:poss
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 look	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 lands	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lands	det
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lands	amod
9	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 look	obl
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 look	advmod
11	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	13 hills	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hills	det
13	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 far	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	to-infinitive				the cold lands		for his ball; far property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for ball=Theme in land=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To look for his ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 look	mark
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 ball	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ball	nmod:poss
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	to-infinitive						for his ball	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for ball=Theme

Option 4

To escape the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 escape	mark
2	escape	escape	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rain	det
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 escape	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	to-infinitive		the rain					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rain=Initial_Location

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