Test 1 · ★ · Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old…

Yo, did that lad really clobber the pedlar's donkey with a big stick?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: lad

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1254 «Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old woman's foundling becomes a soldier, and a dog dies after a meal» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 lad	det
5	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 clobber	advmod
7	clobber	clobber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl:unmarked
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pedlar	det
9	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 donkey	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 pedlar	case
11	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 stick	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 stick	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stick	amod
15	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		that lad				with a big stick; clobber obl:unmarked	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, he grabbed a big stick and chased the donkey right out of the garden

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 grabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stick	amod
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 chased	cc
9	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 donkey	det
11	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chased	obj
12	right	right	ADV	_	9 chased	advmod
13	out	out	ADP	_	16 garden	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 garden	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 garden	det
16	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	he	a big stick					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme
2	chase	past	he not said here	the donkey		the garden		right property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent donkey=Theme out garden=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he just shouted at it and the donkey ran off on its own through the gate

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 shouted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shouted	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 shouted	advmod
5	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shouted	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ran	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 donkey	det
10	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ran	nsubj
11	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shouted	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 ran	compound:prt
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 own	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 own	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ran	obl
16	through	through	ADP	_	18 gate	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 gate	det
18	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	he			it			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run off	past	the donkey			donkey's own		through the gate	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he whacked it out of the garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 whacked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 whacked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 whacked	nsubj
4	whacked	whack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 whacked	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 garden	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 garden	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 garden	det
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whacked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whack	past	he	it		the garden			vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

Yep, he smacked it with a branch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 smacked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 smacked	nsubj
4	smacked	smack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 smacked	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 branch	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 branch	det
8	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smacked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smack	past	he	it				with a branch	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with branch=Instrument

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